Lesson 6 Flashcards
Law of nature
Contains universally obligatory standards of justice and would prevail in the absence of man made law
Sovereignty
Authority
Writs of assistance
General warrants
After 1763
British exerted more control over American colonies
Britain incurred large debts to gain its victory over the
French in the Seven years war
Proclamation act forbade colonial authorities to allow
Settlement on Indian lands wear is Appalachian mts
Proclamation act aimed at reducing
Costs of protecting colonists from wars produced with native Americans
Stamp act introduced a
Tax on the colonists by imposing duties on stamps needed for official documents
Quartering act required colonists to
Shelter British troops in their homes
New trade restrictions and taxes meant the
Loss of money for some colonists
Colonists understanding of
Representative government was challenged
Colonists believed that tax laws should be passed only in
Their colonial legislatures, where they were represented
Small groups in each colony were convinced that
Large crowds prepared to act forcefully could successfully resist the stamp act
Sons of liberty
Engaged in political agitation that precipitated crowd action
Representatives from colonies met in the
Stamp act to organize resistance
Parliament repealed stamp act but passed
Declaratory act which asserted britains power and authority over the colonies
Townsend revenue acts
Levied new taxes on items such as tea paper and glass
Group of American women called the daughters of liberty led boycotts of
English foods and produced products that would help colonists become economically independent
Writs of assistance gave parliament officials
Authority to search and seize colonial property
British sent troops to
Maintain order and facilitate tax collection
Boston massacre
Five colonists killed in conflict with British troops in Boston
Boston massacre convinced Americans that British government
Was prepared to use military force
Tea act reassert re parliaments right to
Tax colonists and led to Boston tea party after townshend acts were repealed
Boston tea party
Colonists boarded British ships and dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston harbor
British responded to Boston tea party with
Intolerable acts
Punitive acts that closed Boston harbor to all trade
Colonists formed committees of correspondence to
Publicize colonial opposition and to organize resistance
Each colony, except Georgia, sent representatives to a meeting in Philadelphia to decide
Response to the actions of the British government in 1774 (first continental congress)
Benjamin Franklin drafted a
Resolution for the congress
First continental Congress’s voted to
Impose a ban on trade with Britain
Their goal was to force Britain to change its polices but British officials simply considered the nam an
Irresponsible refinance of authority and ordered the arrest of some leading colonists in mass
Some colonists were preparing for
War against Great Britain and formed a civilian militia called the Minutemen
Approx 700 British troops tried to march to concord where they heard that
Minutemen had hidden arms and ammunition but colonists were alerted
War
Broke out
Many beloved that independence would be the
Solution to the colonists problems
Congress appointed a committee of five to prepare a
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft that announced the final
Step in the colonists resistance to the British government by rejects the sovereignty of the monarchy
Members of the continental congress thought it essential to justify their rebellion against re sovereignty of the government and to
Identify the principles of legitimate government to win sympathy and support
Declaration of Independence is an example of the colonists ideas about
Government and their complaints of British rule
Appeals to natural
Rights common to all people
Asserts that authority resides with
The people
Important ideas and arguments of the declaration
Natural rights
Human equality
Government by consent
“A long train of abuses”
Human equality
Right to rule must be based on compact among equal civic members
A long train of abuses
Violations and abuses of power by King showed design to reduce government of colonies to tyranny
Declaration charged that the king was
Seeking to destroy authority of colonial legislatures
Obstructing administration of justice
Keeping standing armies without approval
Quartering soldiers
Imposing taxes without consent
Depriving colonists of the right to trial by jury
Altering colonial charterS, abolishing laws, changing constitutions
Compact
Agreement
