Road To Revolution Flashcards
Who created the slogan “no taxation without representation”
The slogan was created by James Otis and Samuel Adams.
What is a boycott
Protesting something
What is propaganda
A biased slogan or ad
He helped pay for the army, asked parliament to tax the colonists (led to sugar act 1764)
George greenville
Gave people ideas to challenge british laws.
Committees of correspondence
Secret society formed by the colonists. Samuel Adams helped organize the group in Boston. They protested against the stamp act
Sons of Liberty
Believed that parliament could not tax their colonists without their permission. Agreed with Otis
Samuel Adams
“Give me liberty or give me death” ~____________
Patrick Henry
Allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods
Writ of Assistance
Agreed to defend the soldiers and help take their side
John Adams
Passed to raise money for the colonies from Britain for the French and Indian war in 1764
Sugar Act
Required colonist to pay for him official stamp or seal when they bought paper items violates the rights of colonists
Stamp act 1765
Please duties on glass lead paints paper and tea
Townshend act
June 1767
British soldiers fire in to crowd of colonists killing five men. Colonists protest and bring soldiers to trial
Boston massacre
1770
Allowed British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists and only from them.
Tea act 1773
What did the tea act lead to
Boston tea party
Stated that the parliament have the power to make laws for the colonists in all cases whatsoever
Declaratory act
1766
Tea act is making British tea cheaper than colonial Tea. sons of liberty dressed like Native Americans and dumps shipments of British tea into Boston Harbor
Boston tea party
December 16, 1773
Boston Harbor is closed in British troops are quartered and colonists resentment toward Britain builds
Intolerable acts
1774
What were the parliaments’s reasons for taxing the colonies
They needed money to pay for armies in case they were attacked again by the Native Americans and they needed to pay off debts