History quiz Flashcards
Proclamation of 1763
- set territorial limits on where European colonists could settle in America. Its purpose: to appease Indigenous people
Stamp Act
It was a tax that made colonists pay tax on necessities they bought to get England out of debt after the French and Indian war and they had to show they paid tax with a stamp
Writs of assistance
- It let British soldiers search through colonists things without a warrant because they were smuggling things
Paul Revere
The person who said the British are coming
Patrick Henry
Was a lawyer and became famous through his speeches against the British
correspondence
Communicationbetween 2 things
Boston Tea Party
- When Americans through lots of British tea into the ocean dressed up as Natives as retaliation to tax on tea
civil disobedience
- Nonviolently not obeying the commands of the government
1st continental congress
- A secret meeting of 56 delegates to resist the British
Battle of Lexington and Concord
- The colonists were preparing to fight back against the British so the red coats went to get their weapons. When they arrived the Minutemen were outnumbered so they retreated but suddenly a shot ragout and fighting began but the minutemen used the terrain to their advantage making it difficult for the British to firer back making them retreat
Salutary Neglect
- The British aloud north American colonies to trade with other countries becuase the British didn’t care
Quartering Act
- Forced colonists to let British soldiers into their homes without their permition and colonists had to give them food, water and a place to sleep for free part of intolerable acts
Repeal
Take back or delete a law
Crispus Attucks
He was a slave and escaped and was also the first to die at the Boston Massacre
John Adams
- Was second American president
Intolerable Acts
- Harsh laws passed by the British which included
- The Boston Port act: made colonists pay back on the tea they through into the harbor
- Massachusetts government act: gave more power to the Royal governor
- The administration of justice act: made trial in England so people would be more bias against the colonists
- Quartering act: forced colonists to let British soldiers into their homes and give them food, water and a bed
Monopoly/East India Company
- It carried out trade activities in Asia
Sons of Libertey
- A group against the British that did the Boston Tea party
Militia
- Like a part time military that substitutes yn while the other military is gone
Sugar Act
British law that taxed sugar and other goods
Townshend Acts
series of taxes that sparked protest
Boston Massacure
Colonists through stuff at British soldiers so they fired back and killed/injured 5 people
Propaganda
biased information that when people over exaggerate things
Committee of
A group of people who make decisions
Tea Act
Lowered the tax on tea
Boycott
To stop doing something in order to get what you want like going on strike
Daughters of liberty
A group of Women who did everything in the power to stop the British from taxing colonists
Minutemen
Colonist that were called that because they had a gun on them at all times
Patriots vs Loyalists
Patriots - what colonists called themselves who were against the British
Loyalists - what colonists called themselves who were loyal to the British
