Pre revolution era Flashcards
Quartering act
colonists must provide room and board + to british soldiers
Stamp act
tax on all all documents/ paper goods
Townshend act
tea, paint, lead, glass, paper tax
Tea act
tax on surplus tea
Intolerable acts
- boston harbor closed
- no public meetings in boston or NYC
- British officials charged w crimes
Boston massacre
British army soldiers killed 5 male civillians and injured 6 others
Boston tea party
political protest of sons of liberty, dumped tons of tea into boston harbor
First continental congress
meeting of delegates from 12 of 13 colonies at carpenters hill in philidelphia, early in the american rev
Propoganda
biased or misleading info to persuade a political point of view
Boycott
to not buy and products as a protest
non-importation agreement
protested british revenue triggered by the stamp acts.
paul Revere
Patriot during american rev. midnight rider
made a picture of the boston massacre
Samuel Adams
leader of the american revolution
John Adams
big role in the american revolution
well known/ respected founding father
King George
ascended the theone as FAIW came to a close.