Uniting the Colonies lessons 4-5 Flashcards
Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts except for what?
The Tea Tax
The East India Company was able to sell tea for much cheaper, which caused colonial merchants to what?
No longer make moola in the Tea Trade.
What did colonists decide to do to tea?
Boycott it.
what did the colonists not want ships to do?
they didn’t want ships carrying tea to dock at their ports
governor Thomas Hutchingson ave to order to allow ships to what?
Dock
What year did this happen?: Colonists took part in the Boston Tea Party. A group called the Sons of Liberty boarded the ships. They were disguised and broke open many tea chests and dumped them into the harbor.
December 6, 1773
what happened because of the Boston tea party
Parliament passed a new series of laws to punish the colonists of Massachusetts
what were some of the laws that the parliament used to punish the colonists of Massachusetts.
Boston port bill: closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea, Massachusetts government act: stopped the Massachusetts legislator from making laws and banned town meeting authorized by the town governer, the British government ordered colonists to feed and provide shelter for British soldiers.
what was the response of the colonists to these new laws,
they said that they were intolerable acts
representatives of the colonies (except Georgia) decided to meet to discuss ways they might respond to the
growing british threat
it was the first of its kind on the North American continent, so it was called the continental congress
what did some colonists in the first continental congress want
- break away from Britain 2. find a way to get along with Britain
what did the congress agree on
they agreed to develop a statement of rights that would be stated in a petition and would be sent to parliament.
what was said in the petition sent to the parliament
- colonists had a right to life, liberty, and property 2. only the colonial legislator had the authority to make laws in all cases of taxation and internal government 3. warning-warned parliament, “we are for the present only resolved to peaceable measures
the congress gave the parliament a deadline to respond, and if they didn’t, congress would meet again. teh congress disagreed to end most trade with Britain.
False, the colonists agreed to end most trade with Britain.
While the congress met, Virginia colonial leaders such as Patrick henry suggested that colonists begin preparing for war.
True
