Lesson 1 Flashcards
Debt
When you owe money to someone
King George III
British king decided to Tax’s colonists
Parliament
People who make the British laws
Stamp act
Put tax on paper products like newspapers and legal documents
No Taxation without Representation
You can’t tax’s us without our permission
Congress
A formal meaning which could make laws
Patrick Henry
Fought against the stamp act/against the stamp act
Patrick Henry was a
Young lawyer from Virginia
Sons of liberty were
A group of guys/men who organized protests!
An fage is a
Human life puppet
A boycott is
When you stop buying a item/product
Townshend is a
A replacement of the stamp act
Some items were
Led,glass,paper,wool, and paint
Tariff is
Tax’s on goods coming from another country
Samuel Adam’s
Was a leader and fought for American rights
Mercy Otis Warren was famous because
She made the group called, daughters of libertys and made there own items like tea and dresses
Mercy o. Quote was
Well quit the useless vanities
Daughter of liberty were soon made they made
Spinning weaves to make there own clothes and not buy from other places like England
They made a boycott against
Everything because they put taxes on everything
Soon only
Tea was taxed after the townshed was peeled
Boston massacre
British soldiers shot there guns at innocent with no weapons
Crispus Attucks
One of the 5 people killed and was a slave who escaped and then was a colonist shot
Massacre means
The killing of many people
Express riders
They were like mail men but they just got mail from one part of the country to the other quickly by horses