Ch5 - Conflict with England

Question 0

Navigation act of 1660

Answer 0

All goods imported to or exported from the colonies must be carried on ships owned by British subjects

Question 1

Mercantile theory

Answer 1

The sole measure of a nations wealth is the measure of gold and and silver it possesses

Question 2

Navigation act of 1663

Answer 2

All European products heading to colonies must first go thru England

Question 3

1733

Answer 3

Molasses Act passed

Question 4

Molasses Act

Answer 4

Taxed sugar, rum, and molasses from West Indies

Question 5

1699

Answer 5

Woolens Act

Question 6

Woolens Act

Answer 6

Prohibited trade of woolen goods between colonies or between a colony and a foreign country

Question 7

1732

Answer 7

Hat Act

Question 8

Hat Act

Answer 8

Same as Woolens except with hats

Question 9

Pontiacs conspiracy

Answer 9

Indian uprising led by Pontiac

Question 10

Writs of assistance

Answer 10

All-powerful search warrants issued to British officials in colonies

Question 11

1760

Answer 11

George III came to the throne of England

Question 12

1763

Answer 12

George Grenville became prime minister

Question 13

Parsons cause

Answer 13

The dispute that arose between England and the colonists over England’s right to legislate within the colonies

Question 14

Patrick Henry

Answer 14

Defended house of burgesses in parsons cause

Question 15

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 15

Forbade colonists to settle west of Appalachian mountains and buy land from Indians

Question 16

James Otis

Answer 16

Boston lawyer who published the pamphlet “the rights of the British colonies asserted and proved”

Question 17

1765

Answer 17

Stamp Act Congress covened

Question 18

Declaratory act

Answer 18

Said that colonies were subordinate to England and parliament could pass laws for them whenever they wanted to

Question 19

Charles Townshend

Answer 19

Chancellor of Exchequer, determined that colonies should support British empire with taxes

Question 20

Townshend Acts

Answer 20

Established board of customs to oversee collection of new taxes and created special courts for customs dodgers

Question 21

John Dickinson

Answer 21

Wrote pamphlet “letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania to the inhabitants if the British colonies”

Question 22

1770

Answer 22

Boston massacre

Question 23

Lord North

Answer 23

Repealed all Townshend acts except tax on tea

Question 24

Gaspeé incident

Answer 24

1772 - British customs schooner destroyed by colonists

Question 25

Committees of Correspondence

Answer 25

1772 - kept towns informed if problems with England

Question 26

1773

Answer 26

Boston tea party

Question 27

Coercive acts

Answer 27

Acts to punish Massachusetts for tea party

Question 28

1774

Answer 28

First continental congress convened

Question 29

Intolerable acts

Answer 29

Boston port bill, administration of justice act, Massachusetts government act, quartering act

Question 30

1st continental congress

Answer 30

A meeting of delegates from all colonies except Georgia to discuss what action to take in conflict with Britain

Question 31

General Thomas Gage

Answer 31

Became royal governor of Massachusetts

Question 32

1775

Answer 32

Midnight ride of Paul revere

Question 33

Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 33

Captured by green mountain boys

Question 34

2nd continental congress

Answer 34

Made provisions to raise an army and appointed George Washington arms commander in chief