Lesson 1 Flashcards
Debt
when you owe money to someone
King George III
British king wanted to tax colonies
Parliament
British People who made laws
Stamp act
Tax on paper products
No taxation without representation
Don’t tax us without are input
Congress
formal meeting which can make laws
Patrick Henry
Opposed the stamp act
Repeal
cancel
Sons of liberty
Organized protests
Effigy
life - sized puppet hung from a tree
Boycotts
When people refuse to buy stuff
Townshend
added tax to paper, wool, glass, paint, and lead
Tariff
tax on many goods coming from another country
Samuel Adams
fought for rights
Mercy Otis
said we’ll quit the useless wants of life
Daughters of liberty
made “spinning bees”
Tea tax
Tea was the only thing taxed after the townshend acts repealed
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed unarmed people
Crispus Attucks
he escaped slavery And then shot and killed
Massacre
the killing of many people
Express riders
people that sent mail “on a horse”
Paul Revere
was one of the riders
Boston tea party
the tea was the only thing taxed so they threw 342 chests
Intolerable acts
1 you had to live with a troops
#2 you were controlled by the military
#3 you had to pay for the tea