Lesson 1 Flashcards
Debt
Owe money to someone
King George III
British king wanted to tax colonists
Parliament
People who make British laws
Stamp act
Tax on paper products like newspapers and legal documents
No taxation without representation
Don’t tax us without our imput
Congress
Formal meeting which can make laws
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists
Crispus Attucks
Was a sailor and escaped slavory and was killed by a British soldier
Massacre
Killing of many people.
Express Riders
Give letters across the country
Paul Revere
Was a important express rider
Boston tea party
Forced to pay tax on tea they didn’t want to pay taxes so they dressed up as Native Americans so they wouldn’t be noticed as colonists and the threw 342 chests of tea into the ocean.
Intolerable act
Colonists had to quarter to British troops, the colony of Massachusetts was put under martial law, British navy ships blocked Boston harbor.
Martial law
Massachusetts was controlled by the military under British General Thomas Gages control
British colonist quartering
British colonist had to give food and shelter to British troops
Quarter
Patriots
Opposed to Britains actions
Loyalists
A person who is for British
Boston Navy ships blocked Boston harbor
Won’t let you export or import anything until the tea is paid off
Neutrals
Aren’t on any side
