American Revolution Causes Flashcards
Proclamation of 1763
Drew an imaginary line along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the line.
petition
A formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people.
Why did colonists oppose the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts?
Colonists opposed the taxes because colonists were not represented in Parliament.
What role did the Townshend Acts play in the events that led to the Boston Massacre?
They revived the debate over taxation without representation and allowed officials to search without a good reason.
How did the British punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
Navigation Acts
Series of English laws in the 1650s that regulated trade between England and its colonies.
Quartering Acts
Law that required colonists to supply shelter, clothing, and food to British soldiers.
The refusal to buy goods or services from a company or country is known as
boycotting
When the colonists declared, “No taxation without representation”, to what did they not have representation?
Parliament
Minutemen
Nickname to those who were ready to fight at a moments notice.
Repeal
To cancel.
“…give me liberty or give me death!”
“A government of our own is our natural right…”
“We must indeed all hang together or, most
assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”
During the period of the American Revolution,
these statements were made by members of
which group?
Patriots
“…give me liberty or give me death!”
“A government of our own is our natural right…”
“We must indeed all hang together or, most
assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”
During the period of the American Revolution,
these statements were made by members of
which group?
Patriots
The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the
Revolutionary War because it…
convinced the French to support the
Americans
Who wrote most of the Declaration of
Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Where was the first battle of the American
Revolution fought?
Lexington
What was a result of the French and Indian War
that led directly to the American Revolution?
England decided to make the American
colonists help pay war debts.
What was the primary purpose of the
Declaration of Independence?
to list reasons the colonies should be free
from England
Why did fighting break out in Lexington and Concord in April of 1775?
British troops tried to capture colonial weapons and supplies that they had been stockpiling
Stamp Act
Law that placed new duties on legal documents, and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice.
Writs of Assistance
Legal document that allowed British customs officials to inspect a ship’s cargo without giving a reason.
Militia
Army of citizens who serve as solders during an emergency.
Committee of Correspondence
Letter writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies.
The slogan “No taxation without representation”
referred to taxes enacted by
the English Parliament
