Before Lexington/Concord...

Question 1

The Townsend Acts

Answer 1

1767–British minister who replaces Rockingham faces same budget issues…taxes England, then taxes articles that America gets from England i.e. glass, lead, paint, paper, silk and TEA, in order to pay for royal administration within the colonies. Townshend also replaced corrupt customs officials with new, hand-selected ones.

Question 2

Earl of Rockingham

Answer 2

British minister who replaces Grenville in (DATE?). Rockingham had connections to London merchants, we would have been greatly affected by the colonies boycotts, which were a reaction to the Stamp Act.

Question 3

Colonial response to the Townshend Acts

Answer 3

• John Dickinson “Letters from a Farmer…”

* Circular letter from Sam Adams of Massachusetts

Question 4

Navigation Acts

Question 5

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies

Answer 5

Written by John Dickinson in response to the Townshend Acts of 1767. Uses past precedence to argue against the right of Parliament to tax the colonies

Question 6

Name the British ministers in chronological order beginning in 1764

Answer 6

• George Grenville (1764)
• The Earl of Rockingham (late 1765-66)(?). Replaced Grenville when his administration fell to insider politics
• Charles Townshend (1767). Replaced Rockinham when his ministry fell.

Question 7

Repeal of the Stamp Act

Answer 7

March 1766, during Rockingham’s ministry. Declaratory Act passed in its stead.

Question 8

British counter-response to the colonial response to the Townshend Acts

Answer 8

• After conferring with the king, British Secretary of State Lord Hillsborough instructs the governor of Massachusetts to dissolve the Massachusetts assembly unless the circular letter written by Sam Adams is rescinded. He also sends letters to the other colonies, threatening to dissolve their legislatures unless they ignore said letter (1768). Parliament then suggests that the ring-leaders of the letter be tried for treason on British soil.
• Hillsborough then tells General Gage, in New York at the time, to ready his troops in case they are needed in Boston.

Question 9

Repeal of the Townsend Acts

Answer 9

1770 (However, the tax on tea remained.)

Question 10

Boston takes center stage

Answer 10

1768-1774

Question 11

Troops arrive in Boston for the first time

Answer 11

October 1768, at the instigation of Massachusetts Royal Governor Francis Bernard

Question 12

Boston Massacre

Answer 12

March 5, 1770

Question 13

Incident at Grey’s Rope Works

Answer 13

March 2, 1770–Grey insults soldier, soldier slugs Grey&raquo_space; streetfight!!

Question 14

First three attempts at colonial unity

Answer 14

• New England Confederation (1643)
• The Dominion of New England (1686)
• Albany Conference (1754)

Question 15

Albany Conference

Answer 15

June 1754
•Governors of New York and Massachusetts asked the British Lords of Trade to call for the June conference to negotiate with the Six Nations and discuss defense against the French (and other matters of colonial defense).
•Invitations went to nine colonies–Georgia and the Carolinas were excluded because they lay pretty much outside of the threat, and Virginia and New Jersey declined, citing expense.

Question 16

The Great Awakening

Answer 16

~1730’s-1760’s

Question 17

Dominion of New England

Answer 17

1686–Fused all of New England, New Jersey and New York under the rule of a royal governor (Edmund Andros). Ended with the Glorious Revolution

Question 18

First attempt at colonial unity

Answer 18

1643–The New England Confederation (or The United Colonies of New England)
•Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven
•Primarily for defense against Indians and Dutch expansionism –also to provide a forum for inter-colonial disputes

Question 19

Three types of colonial colonies

Answer 19

• Corporate
• Proprietorship
• Royal