Chapter 4- Roads To Revolution Flashcards
Seven years war
Known to the colonists as the French and Indian war, a clash between Britain and France that eventually extended to Europe and other parts of the world. Fighting in North America occurred from 1754 to 1761, and resulted in Britain getting most of frances former territories in North America.
George III
King of Great Britain from 1760 to 1820
Pontiac’s war
A rebellion by Indians influenced by Neolin and Pontiac during the spring and summer of 1763, intending to drive the British off their land.
Proclamation of 1763
This was issued by George III to assert direct British control of land transaction, settlement, trade, and other activities of non-Indians west of the proclamation line along the Appalachian crest.
Sugar act
This amended the Molasses Act of 1733. It reduced tax on molasses to three pence per gallon
Townsend acts
Passed in June and July 1767, these taxed glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea imported to the colonies from England.
Daughters of Liberty
Name for groups of colonial female activists who participated in boycotts, attended political rallies, and influenced others through correspondence to resist British policies.
Boston massacre
A conflict that took place on March 5, 1770, when an angry crowd of poor and working class Bostonians protested a British soldier’s abusive treatment a few hours earlier of a Boston apprentice who was trying to collect a debt from the officer. Shots rang out, and as a result, four Bostonians lay dead and seven more wounded, one mortally.
“Committee of Correspondence”
Groups that linked almost every interior community to Boston through a network of dedicated activists. Members were responsible for exchanging information and coordinating measures to defend colonial rights.
Tea Act
Eliminated all remaining import duties on tea entering England and thus lowered the selling price to customers.
Lord Dunmore’s proclamation
In November 1775, Virginia’s governor, Lord Dunmore, promised freedom to any able bodied male slave who enlisted in the cause of restoring royal authority.
“Intolerable Acts”
A series of laws that was made up of the Boston Port Bill, the Massachusetts government act, the administration of justice act, the quartering act, plus the unrelated Quebec act. Intended by the British parliament to simply punish Massachusetts, the acts instead pushed most colonies to the brink of rebellion.
Continental Congress
Group of representatives appointed by the legislatures of a dozen North American colonies of Great Britain.
Olive branch petition
A “loyal message” to king George III from the second continental congress that presented three demands: a ceasefire at Boston, repeal of the coercive acts, and negotiation to establish guarantees of American right.
Common sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advocated freedom from British rule.
