Chapters 5-8 Flashcards
Ben Franklin
Delegate for Pennsylvania. Suggests better ways to get the Iroquois to be their ally. Suggests the Albany Plan of Union
Pennsylvania Dutch
A different name for Germans living in Pennsylvania because the English did not like how it was said
Scots-Irish
Protestant immigrants from northern Ireland, Scotland, & northern England. Terrible economic conditions caused them to migrate
Middle Passage
The crossing of the Atlantic by slave ships traveling from West Africa
Enlightenment
Philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines & traditions
Great Awakening
Movement emphasized vital religious faith and personal choice
Thomas Hutchinson*
Royal American governor of Massachusetts. Governor during the American Revolution & the Seven Years’ War
George Greenville*
Prime minister; started the sugar and stamp act
George III *
22 year old king of England; timid and insecure & struggled to find footing
Sugar (Revenue) Act
British law that decreased the duty on French molasses. Regulated trade & intended to raise revenue
Stamp Act
British law imposing a tax on all paper used for official documents for the purpose of raising revenue
Virtual Representation
Theory that all British subjects were represented in Parliament whether they elected a rep or not. American colonist rejected this theory & argued only direct reps had the right to tax the colonist
Declaratory Act
Law issued by Parliament to assert Parliament’s unassailable right to legislate for it’s British colonies
Charles Townshed
Chancellor of the exchequer & the chief financial minister
Boston Massacre
Incident in Boston where British soldiers fired on an American crowd. Colonist began to see British government as tyrannical & illegitimate
Coercive Acts
Four laws meant to punish Massachusetts for the destruction of three shiploads of tea
Three Major Crops during this time period?
Rice, Tobacco, & Indigo
1st Continental Congress
Gathering of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to discuss the crisis precipitated by the Coercive Acts
2nd Continental Congress
Legislative body that governed the U.S through war. Established an army, created money, and declared independence
Robert D?
Made claims on North America, used tax payer organization to put money in his pocket. Connected to Ohio Co.
Ohio Co
When Virginian investors wanted to make a claim of land by the Ohio Rivers. Btween French and British Territories
Ladies Association
Women organization in Philadelphia that collected substantial money donations to reward Continental soldiers for their service
Ft. Necessity
Fortification made by the English to protect themselves from the French. Native Americans abandoned them b/c the English were going to loose
Albany Plan of Union
Plan to unite the 13 colonies to fight against the French. (Did not work)
