apush unit 2 Flashcards
Albany congress
meant to keep iroquois loyal to britain, 1754
seven years war
Britain won, much debt
proclamation of 1763
forbid settlement in area beyond appalachians, america mad
republicanism
small gov, citizens give up interest for common good
radical whigs
feared threat to liberty, warned citizens about corruption
sugar act
1765, tax on foreign sugar
quartering act
1765, food/home/resources required to be given to soldiers
stamp tax
1765, required use of stamped paper, expensive
stamp act congress
1765, delegates from 9 colonies meet to repeal act, ignored
sons and daughters of liberty
enforced nonimportation agreements
townshed acts
1767, import duty on glass, white lead, paper,etc
boston massacre
townspeople attacked redcoats, 11 shot or wounded
committees of correspondence
1772, spread spirit of resistance
boston tea party
1773, about 1000 colonist smash 342 chest of tea and dump into ocean
intolerable acts
acts that angered colonist, took away rights