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32 Cards in this Set
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ally |
person or group who joins with another to work towards a goal. |
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proclamation |
an official public statement |
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boycott |
a group of people refuses to buy, sell or use certain goods |
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repeal |
to cancel |
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tax |
money that people must pay their government in return for services |
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Patriots |
Colonists who opposed British rule |
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Minutemen |
Militia who were trained to be ready for battle at a moment's notice |
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petition |
a written request from a number of people |
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Parliament |
British government |
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representation |
when there is someone to speak and act for a group of people in the government. |
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Loyalist |
those who supported British rule |
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treason |
trying to overthrow your government |
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Tariff |
a tax imposed on imports and exports |
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Sons of Liberty |
Groups that formed across the colonies to protest the Stamp Act and other taxes. Samuel Adams was one of their leaders. |
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French and Indian War |
Who: French and Indians against Britain and the colonies What: fighting over land in the ohio River Valley. Where: West of Appalachian Mountains in the ohio River Valley Why: trade goods and land. French already built forts to control. Outcome: British won (gained land) Aftermath: France & Britain signed the Treaty of Paris. Britain issued the Proclamation on 1763 saying that colonists wouldn't settle West of the Appalachian mountains. |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
When: 1763 Where: 13 colonies Who: Britain and colonists What: official statement that said the colonists wouldn't settle West of the Appalachian mountains Why: to reserve land for the Native Americans. Outcome: colonists were angry because they couldn't settle where they wanted to. They spoke out against the government and British soldiers living among them. Aftermath: Quartering Act - colonists had to support and feed the British soldiers. War debt - Britain had big debt and began taxing colonists to pay for it. |
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Boston Massacre |
Who: colonists and British soldiers When: March 5, 1770 Where: Boston, Massachusettes What: colonists threw snowballs and insults at soldiers Why: colonists were angry about taxes Outcome: 5 colonists were killed, including Crisps Attuck, an African American who had escaped slavery Aftermath: colonists grew even angrier |
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Boston Tea Party |
Who: Sons of Liberty who dressed as Mohawk Indians Why: colonists didn't want taxes Where: Boston Harbor What: colonists illegally boarded ships and dumped tea into the water Outcome: King George was very angry that the tea was wasted Aftermath: 1. Pay for wasted tea 2. Blockage of harbor 3. Quartering Act 4. 5. Continental Congress |
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1st Continental Congress |
Colonies sent delegates to meet in Philadelphia to discuss the Intolerable Acts (rules from British Parliament) |
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Intolerable Acts |
Laws passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists. - stopped trade between Britain and the colonies, - ended town meetings - gave Britain more control of the government in the colonies. |
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Unfair Taxes (Sugar, Stamp, Townsend) |
Sugar Act: Tax on sugar, coffee, cloth
Stamp Act: Tax on everything printed on paper Townsend Act: tax on tea, glass, lead, paint, papers When: 1764-1767 Who: Colonists Where: 13 colonies Why: British needed money to pay their debt from the French and Indian War Outcome: protests, smuggling, boycotts Aftermath: Citizens were angry and violent. Most protests happened in Boston. Protests worked and Stamp Act was repealed in 1766. But other taxes continued until 1776. |
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Midnight Ride |
When: April 18, 1775 Where: Started in Boston. Revere was captured in Lexington, but others made it to Concord Who: Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott What: Warned colonists to move gunpowder and canons out of Concord Why: to warn colonists that British were prepared to fight Outcome: Revere was captured and ammo was moved Aftermath: fighting begins |
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Battle of Lexington & Concord |
Who: British soldiers and Patriot militia Thomas Gabe (British governor of Massachusetts) and Paul Revere and William Dawes (Patriots) Why: British learned that Patriots were storing canons and gunpowder in Concord and wanted to get it. When: in the middle of the night, while they were sleeping. Who shot first: no one knows! It's called "The Shot Heard Round the World." Outcome: The militia were able to surprise the British soldiers and killed 250 of them. The rest were trapped in Boston. Aftermath: the beginning of the Revolutionary War |
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Give me Liberty or Give me Death |
Patrick Henry said it about wanting to be free of British rule |
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No taxation without representation |
The colonists only had representatives in their local government, not in Parliament. They wanted their own representatives to pass tax laws, not the British Parliament. |
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Daughters of Liberty |
made their own cloth for clothes so that they could boycott British cloth |
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Paul Revere |
warned the colonists that the British were ready to fight at Concord. The colonists attached and this lead to the beginning of the Revolutionary War. |
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Samuel Adams |
an important leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston. He protested the Stamp Act and other taxes. Sometimes these protests turned violent. |
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Samuel Adams |
Wanted news to travel more quickly to the colonists, so he set up Committees of Correspondence in every colony so that they could send letters back and forth and tell the colonists what was happening. |
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Patrick Henry |
A Patriot in Virginia who was eager to go to war with Britain. Many shared his views. |
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Crispus Attucks |
African American who was killed in the Boston Massacre. He had escaped slavery. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
Was at the meeting of representatives in Albany New York and had a plan to unite the colonies to better fight the British. They would all keep their own governments, but would also have an overall government to help solve problems. |
