Revolution Flashcards
Stamp Act
Tax on all printed materials legal, newspapers, playings card
Quarting Act
Colonist must provide housing for British soldiers
Declaratory Act
Full powers of parliament binding laws to colonies
Revenue Act
Tax on imports glass, paint, paper, and tea
Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts
4 acts to discipline Boston; Port Closed, Gov. could send offense off to England for trial, new quartering act, officials appointed not elected
Quebec Act of 1774
Appointed legislative assembly by the king, church granted special position
Tea Act
Tons of tea in England sell cheap and not collect full tax
Conciliatory Acts
Only tax to regulate trade, give colonies taxes collected from boundary, colonies must make a voluntary contribution to British for defense
Continental Association
Commites in every city and county to force boycott, stop importing and exporting to Britain
Sugar Act
Cut molasses tax in half and new tax on textiles, wine, coffee, sugar
Molasses Act
Tax on molasses to stop trade with french sugar islands
Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer
Parliament might be able to relegate commerce and collect taxes to that purpose, but no right to levy taxes for revenue by John Dickinson
Boston Massacre
With troops in Boston trying to control the people a few outside a court house are harassed by a mob and a soldier falls and shots fired resulting 5 dead
Objective of Tea Act
17 million pounds of tea in England, sell it cheap to colonies not collecting full tax; England trying to buy colonist happiness
Bunker Hill
10 cannons from fort Ticondergo are used to fight British at bunker hill, colonies low on ammo 3 waves of attacks till they run out of ammo colony prove they can beat the Brits
Attack of Quebec
Colonies want to attack Quebec forces through both Maine and NY; hit with small pox and short serve term (Jan), attacks in the winter hit with blizzard general killed 400 men prisoner spring British push back
Common Sense
Thomas Paine king +advisors responsible and colonist should declare independence
Samuel Adams
Political thinker, leader of Sons of Liberty, dangerous man of Mass.
Ethan Allen
Led the “Green Mountain Boys” from Vermont
Crispus Attucks
A sailor whom died at the Boston Massacre
John Dickinson
Phila. Lawyer writes “letters from a Pennsylvania farmer” and “Olive branch Petition” asking king for reconciliation, and wrote” Declaration Of Necessity and cause to take up arms” our cause is just, our union is perfect
Paul Revere
One rider sent out to warn of the British march to Concord to move supplies
Stamp Act Congress
Issue declaration of rights and grievances of Colonies sent to king; skull instead of stamp on newspaper, stamp act repealed
Sons of Liberty
Organized group against stamp act and other British laws and taxes
Lexington & Concord
Military supplies at Concord; Brits find out ; March out to destroy; Riders go out to warn minute men and move supplies; minute men meet Brits at Lex and face off defeated; Supplies are gone at Concord and Brits march back only to be attacked twice losing 250 to 300 men
How did the Colonies use protest to show their unhappiness to the British?
Boston Tea Party Exporting to England Importing from England Smuggling Goods Lock tea in warehouses
Currency Act
Colonies cant print paper money
Continental Congress
Void acts of Parliament, urge mass to arm them self, economic sanctions against British,
Declaration of Rights
Denied parliament authorities over internal affairs and colonies decide if troops needed
