3.3 history quiz Flashcards
Propaganda
Information, especially pf a biased or misleading nature, is used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or pov.
Writs of Assistance
document that allowed soldiers to search anywhere for smuggled goods.
Proclamation of 1763
~Prohibited colonists from settling westward
~New taxes led to smuggling
~Parliament passed two laws:
1. Royal judges instead of local juries
2. Writs of Assistance
~$ to pay off debt from war
Sugar Act
~1st act (after Proclamation of 1763)
~Taxed imported goods like sugar and molasses on colonies
~allowed officers to seize goods w/o going to court; prevent smuggling
~1st act passed specifically to raise money. Colonists began to feel exploited and began to organize resistance
Stamp Act
~2nd act
~1765 law requiring colonists to pay for stamp or seal that would go on paper items (fined or jailed if don’t)
~1st attempt from England to raise money by taxing colonists DIRECTLY
~repealed in 1766 due to boycotts (Parliament began to see actions of colonists as acts of treason; they didn’t like them challenging their authority)
Stamp Act Congress
Colonial leaders from 9 colonies created statement to the King declaring that only colonial assemblies could tax them
Declaratory Act
Parliament had the power to make laws for colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
Townshend Acts of 1767
Placed taxes on imported commodities (glass, lead, paints, paper, tea)
~Colonists protested
~Parliament had it repealed after Boston Massacre to reduce tension
Boston Massacre
~March 5, 1770
~Sam Adams inspired colonists to protest “British soldiers are our foreign enemies”
~Fights between colonists & soldiers became regular
~ tax collectors seize ship “Liberty” on suspicion of smuggling–> Sons of Liberty protest by attacking the customs official house–> governor reacted & broke up Massachusetts legislature
~Parliament sent in army to occupy Boston in hopes of preventing rebellion.
~Sam Adams used as propaganda
Crispus Attucks
~Dockworker
~African/Native American
~1st colonist to get killed by British in 13 colonies
Trial for Boston Massacre
~John Adams defended soldiers; argued it was self-defense
~Boston jury agreed that soldiers were not guilty
~2 officers charged with accidental killing/ branded on thumb “M” for murder and released
~Trial helped calm ppl down for a short time
Tea Act
Gave British East India Company total control price of tea
~made tea really cheap but locals couldn’t compete
~ 3 E.I.C ships loaded w/ tea in Boston port, Sons of Liberty demanded they leave
~Governor demanded tea unloaded and taxes paid
Boston Tea Party
~At midnight Dec 16
~disguised as Natives, Sons of Liberty snuck on board the ships dumping 342 tea chests in Boston Harbor
~colonists gathered to celebrate
~dressed up as Native Americans, and attempted to blame them
~1st major act of defiance of British rule
~King George was furious abt Boston Tea Party
~Lord North (British prime minister) wanted to punish Boston and colonists
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
~1774
~Boston Harbor closed until Boston paid for tea
~Governor decided when legislature could meet
~Royal officials sent to Britain for trial
~General Thomas Gage became governor of Massachusetts
Quebec Act
~created a government for Canada and extended its territory south to the Ohio River
~Action ignored the colonies’ claim to that region
~King George III ordered Massachusetts under Military Rule
