Boston Massacre Trials (1770)

Question 1

Navigation Acts

Answer 1

• Series of acts 1650-1690
• All trade in British empire must be on English ships with English crews
• List of “enumerated products” (e.g. tobacco, sugar, indigo, cotton, rice, hemp)

Question 2

Growing Colonies

Answer 2

• In 1700, there are 250,000 colonists hugging the coastline
• In 1775, there are 2,500,000 (10X growth in 75 years)
• In 1700, England to U.S Population ration 20 to 1
• In 1775 3 to 1

Question 3

Seven Years War (1756- 1763)

Answer 3

• Known in the colonies as the French- Indian war (1754-1763)
• England wins. Claims all of North America east of the Mississippi
• But also saddled with huge war debt

Question 4

Sugar Act of 1764

Answer 4

• Colonies imported molasses from the Caribbean to make rum
• Lowers tax on molasses, but increases enforcement.
• Scores of customs officials added.
• Key Component: Military trials in Nova Scotia rather than jury trials in MA and other colonies.

Question 5

Jury Nullification

Answer 5

• In modern day courtrooms, judges give juries instructions on the law and if the jury fails to follow those instructions its verdict can be set aside in civil cases
• A verdict acquitting a defendant charged with a crime cannot be set aside.

Question 6

The Stamp At of 1765

Answer 6

• Revenue stamps requires in all printed matter
• Passed by Parliament
• “taxation without representation”

Question 7

non-importation Agreements (1765)

Answer 7

•merchants on colonial cities agree to stop importing British manufactured goods.

Question 8

Townsend duties of 1767

Answer 8

• British raise on 3 products on which the colonies were dependent
• Lead, paint, and tea

Question 9

Sons and daughters of liberty

Answer 9

• Nonimportation movement extends beyond merchants
• Men and women all over the colonies refuse to buy British goods.
• Women spin “homespun”

Question 10

Captain Thomas Preston

Answer 10

• Takes 8 soldiers out to try to rescue White. Surrounded by a crowd of 300 hurling objects
• Open fire

Question 11

Crispus Attucks

Answer 11

One of 5 men killed

Question 12

Abigail Adams

Answer 12

oJohns confidant
oEducated
oTaught Latin to children
oTreated like an equal not like a woman that needs to be a stay at home housekeeper

Question 13

John Adams

Answer 13

•Made his family members angry
•He may not have done the smart thing but he did the right thing.
•Always for the colonists and the law
oThe king may not be following the law exactly and Adams did not like that too much.