chapter 2 lesson 2 Flashcards
This event involved a British ship stationed off the coast of Rhode Island that’s purpose was to patrol North American waters and intercept smugglers. Captains of these ships searched other ships without warrants and the crews were notorious for stealing food from colonists. When this said ship ran aground, it was seized by the colonists and burned. Suspects of this crime were taken to England for trial, violating colonists’ right to trial by jury.
Gaspee Affair
This person organized the Committee of Correspondence, which were in each colony and helped shape public opinion, unify the colonies, and coordinate plans for British resistance.
Thomas Jefferson
This Act was passed by Parliament and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to shopkeepers and bypass American merchants. It was seen by the colonists as a first step of the British squeezing them out of business.
Tea Act, 1773
This event occurred when the East India Company sent ships of tea that arrived in December of 1773. The Committees of Correspondence decided that these ships weren’t allowed to land. This led to 150 colonists dressing as natives and destroying and throwing 342 chests of tea overboard.
Boston Tea Party
These Acts were passed by England as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
Coercive Acts, 1774
What are the four parts to the Coercive Acts?
- Boston Harbor closed until debt paid off
- Stripping of Mass. charter and own governing rights
- Trying of British officers in England that were accused of crimes
- Reinforcement of Quartering Act. This time, the things provided had to be the best or their own.
This Act was introduced by Parliament following the Boston Tea Party, but had nothing to do with it. It granted some very specific colony more rights than the American colonies and allowed the King to appoint a governor and council. If American colonists decided to move in this said colony, they’d have to live in an area where they had no elected assembly.
Quebec Act, 1774
What were the Coercive and Quebec Acts called?
The Intolerable Acts
This group of people included 55 delegates representing 12 colonies in Philadelphia on Sept. 5, 1774. They drafted a Declaration of Rights and Grievances of the King, included pledging loyalty to England while condemning Coercive Acts, announcing colonies forming a nonimportation association, and a Continental Association in every town to boycott. They agreed to meet again on a later date.
The First Continental Congress
These people were volunteer fighters of the Continental Army that were “ready at a minute’s notice.”
Minutemen
This group of people were Americans that remained loyal to England. It included government officials, prominent merchants, landowners, and a few farmers, and made up 1/3 of the American population.
Loyalists
This group of people were Americans that thought the British were tyrants. It included artisans, farmers, merchants, planters, lawyers, and urban workers, and made up 1/3 of the American population.
Patriots
This happened when Paul Revere and William Dawes were sent to Lexington to warn citizens about an upcoming attack. An order of arrest was made against the Mass. Provincial Congress by the British, and they decided to seize the military depot in Concord. When the British arrived in Lexington, 70 minutemen were waiting, and 8 got killed while 10 were wounded. When they advanced into Concord, 400 minutemen were waiting, which forced the British to retreat. This event is dubbed this title because it was the first time a colony had ever stood up to its mother country.
Shot Heard Round the World
This was the first full scale battle of the Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
This was a draft by the Continental Congress that stated that the colonists would remain loyal to England and asked the King to call off the troops for a compromise. The King refused to look at this and tossed it in a fire.
Olive Branch Petition, 1775
