1700's Flashcards
1
Q
Intolerable Acts
A
Laws made after people threw tea in water.
Tea,stamps,and sugar taxes
Parliament act
2
Q
Revolutionary War
A
1775
Between colonies and Britain
3
Q
Shay’s Rebellion
A
1786-87
Massachusetts
Economic policy
Farmers being over taxed-> stormed court
4
Q
Boston Massacre
A
1775
People were harassing troops
John Adams defended the Brits
5
Q
Whiskey Rebellion
A
1791-post Rev. war
Recover from debts
Tax on whiskey
6
Q
Sedition Act
A
1798
A crime to bash government
7
Q
Cotton Gin
A
1793
Ely Whitney