Causes of American Revolution Flashcards
Who won the French Indian war?
English
Which gov. was in debt after the French Indian war?
English government
Native Americans under chief Pontiac continued to attack colonists who moved into the ____
Ohio Valley
British government decided to keep an ___ in America to protect ___
They decided to keep an army in America to protect colonists
The British thought the ___ should pay the ___ expense
They wanted the colonists to pay the army expenses
What proclamation said that colonists weren’t allowed to settle in Ohio Valley?
Proclamation of 1763
when Prime Minister George Grenville passed the ______ acts, colonists cried “__”
Sugar and stamp acts. “No taxation without representation”
No taxation without representation meant what?
The British had representation in Parliament but colonists didn’t
Many colonial men joined what group in protest to Britain?
Sons of Liberty
What did colonists organize and to do what?
They organized boycotts and refused to buy British goods
Colonists did what to get items in and out of the country?
They smuggled
What was it called when the British red coats open fired on a crowd, killing five people and wounding others?
The Boston Massacre
In what year did the Boston Massacre take place in?
1770
What British organization made the decisions about taxes?
British East Indian Company
60 members of what group dressed up as mohawk indians?
The Sons of Liberty
What did the Sons of Liberty do during the Boston tea party?
Dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
What act was made to punish colonists (especially Massachusetts for the tea party)
The intolerable acts
What local groups wrote letters to each other about what was happening in the colonies?
The committee of corresponders
Where did the first Continental Congress meet?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
