Tommy Revolutionary War Flashcards
What is back country?
Land that was close to the appalachian mountains in the colonial days
Why move to the back country?
Rich fertile land with dense trees, built log cabins, farmed and hunted
What were some problems in the back country?
Indians did not want colonists on their land
Who claimed the back country and why?
French claimed it because of the Mississippi river and tributaries
British and Indians
Who was the explorer of the back country
Frenchman Robert LaSalle
When did the French and Indian war start and end?
Start 1754
End 1763
9 years
An important Bridgman in the French and Indian war was
Colonel George Washington was very important
Who fought as enemies in the French and Indian war
The French and Indians fought the British and iroquois nation
What and who helped end the French and Indian war
1759 general James wolf captured Quebec ended war
Three reasons why the French Indian war was important
More land
Control Indian land
Taxes on the colonists to pay for the war
Anger fueled American revolution
Stamp act
1765 anything printed had a tax on it needed a stamp
Why did the parliament tax the colonists?
They have to pay for the French and Indian war debt
What did “no taxation without representation” mean
They were used to governing themselves
Who were the sons of liberty?
A group of men who protested the stamp act. Led by Samuel Adams burned stamps and attacked collectors
What was Townsend Act?
A tariff that is placed on goods that are imported Tea…paper…lead…glass…paints…wool
Lead to the colonist boycotting these goods
Why did the British send warships to Boston in 1768?
To scare colonist into paying their taxes which did not work
It did not work repelled all taxes except for tea
Who is John Adams?
Defended the British soldiers from the Boston massacre.
Boston massacre
March 5, 1770
British soldiers fired into crowd of colonists
5 were killed
Soldiers were tried for murder
What was the tea act?
1773 law passed by parliament that the colonists could only buy tea from East India company
Boston tea party
December 16, 1773
Sons of liberty threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor
Dressed up like mohawk Indians
Intolerable acts
Punish colonists for Boston tea party
No ships in or out of Boston harbor
Colonists were forced to feed and house soldiers
Thomas Gage was a British general sent to govern Massachusetts
What did the committe of correspondence do?
Created in 1772
Wrote letters to other groups and colonoies to share info
Started by Samuel Adams
First continetal congress
September 1774 Philadelphia pa 12 men met ( John Adams, Sam Adams, George Washington, Patrick henry) Protest intolerable act Not trade with British Each colony would create militia
