Chapter6 Flashcards
What is the proclamation of 1763
All land west of the appalachian Mountains belong to the Native Americans
What is the stamp act
Taxes were put on paper items in the colonies
What is the committees of correspondence
It was created to spread information between colonies
Who organized the first committees of correspondence and where
Samuel Adams in Boston
What did the town shed acts do
They taxed the glass tea paint and paper
When was the Boston massacre
March 5, 1770
When did Parliament passed the tea act
1773
What did the sons of liberty do
Dressed up as Mohawk Indians and went to Boston Harbor
What was the main cause of the French and Indian war
The French and Indians both believe they owned the same land
Why were the coercive acts created
To punish Massachusetts
What was the petition the First Continental Congress made
The right to life
the right to liberty
and the right to assemble
The right to trial by jury
Who did Congress vote to stop
The British
What did the fighting at Concorde in Lexington start
The American revolution
Who try to stop the fighting
John Dickinson
Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
