Test 2 Flashcards
Document said Americans can’t move into the Ohio River Valley until the area is secure
- Americans may not be able to settle and develop the area and make money from the resources there
- The British may sell the land and keep the profits
- The British may not allow the same kind of self government in the new area that is found in the original 13 colonies
The Proclamation of 1763
Reasons the Americans became more upset at British:
- Army troops will be left in the 13 colonies even when there’s no need for them
- Colonist have to quarter the troops
- More naval ships looking for smugglers
Signals new changes between England and the colonies. Indirect Tax is raised on Sugar. Smugglers are tried in court not by their peers
The Sugar Act
The first direct tax imposed on the colonies. Colonists have to buy stamps on all paper products. This money pays the salary of royal judges and governors.
The Stamp Act
The stamp act caused the colonist to unite against the act. Patrick Henry and House of Burgesses debate why it is wrong. The colonist boycott the tax started by The Sons of Liberty. Parliament repealed the stamp act.
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Replaces the Stamp Act. States that Parliament can pass any and all duties that are good for the British Empire. Direct and Indirect taxes
Declaratory Act
Because Prime Minister because of the Declaratory Act.
Charles Townshend
Charles Townsend wants colonies to pay for their self. He has parliament to pass these. An indirect tax on glass, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Duties
Confrontation between British soldiers and the citizens of Boston. British soldiers fire and kill/injure 11 people, including Crispus Attucks
Boston Massacre
Penman of the Revolution and master of propaganda. Wrote newspapers against the British.
Samuel Adams
Act that saved the East India Trading Company. Allowed the company to sell tea directly to merchants in the colonies. Forced americans to pay for higher and taxed tea.
Tea Act of 1773
Bostonians boarded British ships and dumped chests of tea into the harbor. Forcing England to make an example out of Boston.
Boston Tea Party
- Port of Boston was shut down
- Legislature was sent home
- British citizens who committed crime would be sent to England for trial
- Citizens of Boston would have to quarter troops
Coercive or Intolerable Acts
An orator in the House of Burgesses in Virginia
Patrick Henry
Group of Protesters that violently shut down the stores that sell stamps
Sons of Liberty
Group of people who wrote down how the British mistreated the Americans
Committees of Correspondence
- Quebec could keep the French style of government
- People could keep their Catholic faith
- Boundary of Quebec would be extended in the Ohio Valley
Quebec Act
Group that met in Philedelphia in Sept. 1774 with 12 of 13 colonies present.
- They would not accept home rule
- The listed the grievances against England
- Another boycott was called for
- Colonies would meet again in May
- Military training would begin
1st Continental Congress
2 towns where colonist hid weapons and gunpowder. Shot heard around the world.
Lexington and Concord
Document sent to George III and parliament. George III was to admit he had abused rights of Americans and promise he would never do it again. He didn’t respond
Olive Branch Petition
Reasons why Americans decided to fight for independence
- War is expensive with loss of money, men, and supplies
- George III didn’t respond to the Olive Branch petition
- British recruited Indians, slaves, hessians, german mercenaries
- Phamplets written by Thomas Payne
This part of the document explains why the US had to go to war. Following the ideas of John Locke “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
1st part of The Declaration Of Independence
This part of the document lists the many abuses of George III. Burning towns, bringing in outsiders to fight them, quartering troops, denying self government
2nd part of The Declaration of Independence
- The French became the first nation to recognize the US as an independent nation
- They both agreed to fight until both sides were happy
- No separate peace treaties
- No time limit on the treaty
- The French would offer US favorable trading rights in future
Treaty of Amity
Took men across the Appalachians and defeated indians who took american scalps to sell to British
George Rogers Clark
Conspired British to turn over west point
Benedict Arnold
- England recognizes US as a separate nation
- Boundaries would be Atlantic Ocean, Mississippi River, Canada, and Spanish Florida
- Americans would pay loyalists whose property had been taken from them during the war
- British agreed to withdraw their troops from American soil
Treaty of Paris 1783