Booklet 2 - The causes of the American Revolution Flashcards
when did the Earl of Bute station how many troops in America for defence and why was this controversial
February 1763, 10,000 troops
Americans expected to pay
what border was put in place and when
Proclamation line 1763
when was the proclamation line broken down
1768
what was the problem with the 1733 sugar act
it was ignored
when was Grenville’s sugar act and what did it do
1764
halved duty on foreign molasses and sugar
how much was the fine for bribery
£500
when and what was the currency act
1764, banned colonial paper money
when and what was the stamp act
1765 tax on paper items
how many items were taxed by the stamp act and give 3 examples
50, newspapers, playing cards, legal documents
what group was formed in rebellion of the stamp act and by who
the loyal nine created by Samuel Adams
when was the Townsend duties and give three examples of taxed imports
1767
glass, wine, tea
when was the Boston tea party
16th December 1773
how many sons of liberty men threw how many chests of tea overboard and how much did it cost
60 men
342 chests
£10,000
what were the names of the three ships at the Boston tea party
Dartmouth, Eleanor, Beaver
what were the four intolerable acts
Boston port act
MA government act
Impartial administration of justice act
Quartering act
When were the intolerable acts
1774
what was the Boston port act
Boston was closed for trade until they repaid the destroyed tea
what was the MA government act
put a royal governor in place in Boston
What was the impartial administration of justice act
made Britain responsible for British soldier crimes
what was the quartering act
allowed British troops to be housed in private homes
what was the response to the intolerable acts
New York had their own ‘Boston tea party’ in 1774
Other states sent money and food to the poor in Boston
what book did Thomas Paine write, when and how many copies were sold
common sense 1776
100,000 copies sold
who was John Adams
cousin on Sam Adams
He represented Massachusetts in the first CC
primary author of the MA constitution 1780
who was Thomas Jefferson
third president (1801-1809)
Principle author of the declaration of independence (1776)
argued that parliament had no right to tax
