Why did tensions reach a point of no return 1770-1775?

Question 1

When was the 7 years war?

Answer 1

1756-1763

Question 2

Who won the 7 years war?

Answer 2

Britain

Question 3

What was the economic outcome of the 7 years war for Britain?

Answer 3

National debt of £133 million

Question 4

What was the proclamation line?

Answer 4

Divided the rest of North America from the colonies

Question 5

Why was there a proclamation line?

Answer 5

To minimise conflict over land with native Americans

Question 6

What was the sugar act?

Answer 6

Tax that was applied to goods coming into America

Question 7

When was the sugar act?

Answer 7

1764

Question 8

What is salutary neglect?

Answer 8

Parliamentary rules and laws were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade

Question 9

What did they lower the tax to from?

Answer 9

6d (not properly enforced) to 3d

Question 10

How much did they say that the tax of the Americas would bring in?

Answer 10

78,000 per year

Question 11

Why did the colonists complain about the tax?

Answer 11

They hadn’t been taxed previously and thought that the British had no right to tax them

Question 12

What was the quartering act?

Answer 12

The colonists had to provide barracks for British troops and pay for their supplies
Troops could be housed in inns and empty buildings without consent

Question 13

When was the quartering act?

Answer 13

1765

Question 14

What was NYC response to the quartering act?

Answer 14

NYC refused and the NYC restraining act was enforced and the assembly was suspended

Question 15

What was the stamp act?

Answer 15

Tax was applied to 50 documents and required a stamp to show it had been paid

Question 16

When was the stamp act?

Answer 16

1765

Question 17

How much was the stamp act supposed to bring in?

Answer 17

£60,000 in its first year

Question 18

What was the Virginia resolves?

Answer 18

Resoltuions that stated that the colonists had the same rights as englishmen

Question 19

What did the Virginia resolves say about tax?

Answer 19

That the colonists had to give their right to be taxed and that the assembly only had the right to tax

Question 20

When were the Virginia resolves?

Answer 20

1765

Question 21

By the end of 1765 how many of the colonies had passed their own resolves?

Answer 21

8

Question 22

What was the stamp act congress?

Answer 22

9 colonies met in NYC and drafted the deceleration of rights and grievances

Question 23

When was the stamp act congress?

Answer 23

1765

Question 24

Who were the sons of liberty?

Answer 24

A group of men who went on protests and planned boycotts

Question 25

How many merchants agreed to not import British goods?

Answer 25

200

Question 26

What did the British think of the colonists?

Answer 26

Opinions were divided by were all horrified by the violence

Question 27

Who repealed the stamp act?

Answer 27

Rockingham, the new PM

Question 28

What was the declatory act?

Answer 28

Colonies were subordinate to the British parliament

Question 29

Why was the declatory act passed?

Answer 29

The British were fearful of the colonies ability to inflict economic damage through boycotts

Question 30

When was the declatory act passed?

Answer 30

1766

Question 31

What were the Townsend duties?

Answer 31

Duties on glass, wine, china, lead, paints, paper and tea

Question 32

Why were the Townsend duties criticised by the British?

Answer 32

It would only raise £40,000

Question 33

When were the Townsend duties passed?

Answer 33

1767

Question 34

What was the circular letter?

Answer 34

Sam Adams attacking the Townsend duties

Question 35

When was the circular letter?

Answer 35

1768

Question 36

How many assemblies approved the circular letter?

Answer 36

7

Question 37

What was the saying colonists said about tax?

Answer 37

"No taxation without representation"

Question 38

What was tarring and feathering?

Answer 38

Merchants were stripped naked, covered in hot tar and rolled in goose feathers

Question 39

What was enlightenment thinking in terms of religion?

Answer 39

God existed but did not actively run the world

Question 40

What was enlightenment thinking in terms of science?

Answer 40

Information took priority over the bible

Question 41

What was enlightenment thinking in terms of politics?

Answer 41

The government should protect the rights and should be overthrown if not done so

Question 42

What did John Locke write?

Answer 42

Essay concerning human understanding 1689

Question 43

What did Thomas Paine write?

Answer 43

Common sense 1776

Question 44

What did Thomas Jefferson write?

Answer 44

The declaration of independence 1776, inspired by John Locke

Question 45

What was the Boston massacre

Answer 45

100 people gathered outside the customs house and threw snowballs, icicles and oyster shells

Question 46

How did the Boston massacre become a massacre?

Answer 46

A guard fired and other followed, 5 colonists were killed

Question 47

How many guards were freed after the Boston massacre and why

Answer 47

6/8 due to the defence of john Adams

Question 47

When was the Boston massacre?

Answer 47

5 March 1770

Question 48

What happened to the 2 that were found guilty of the Boston massacre?

Answer 48

Released after being branded on their thumb

Question 49

What happened during the years of calm?

Answer 49

Repealing of the Townsend duties (retained tax on tea) Non-importation of British goods began to collapse

Question 50

When were the years of calm?

Answer 50

1770-1773

Question 51

What was the tea act?

Answer 51

Tea from China would be sold directly to colonies rather than passing through British ports which incurred duties

Question 52

When was the tea act?

Answer 52

1773

Question 53

What was the Boston tea party?

Answer 53

Sons of liberty dressed as native Americans and threw tea overboard

Question 54

How much tea was destroyed in the Boston tea party?

Answer 54

342 chests of tea worth 18.5 million tea bags

Question 55

When was the Boston tea party?

Answer 55

December 1773

Question 56

What were the coercive acts?

Answer 56

New PM Lord North attempting to restore order in Massachusetts

Question 57

When were the coercive acts?

Answer 57

1774

Question 58

What was the Administration of justice act?

Answer 58

British officials accused of capital crimes whilst suppressing riots or collecting tax in Massachusetts could avoid local juries by having cases heard in England

Question 59

When was the Administration of justice act?

Answer 59

20 may 1774

Question 60

What was the Administration of justice act nicknamed?

Answer 60

Murder act

Question 61

What was the Massachusetts government act?

Answer 61

Suspended the colony's charter Limited town meetings Elected offices filled with royal appointees

Question 62

When was the Massachusetts government act?

Answer 62

20 may 1774

Question 63

What was the Boston port act?

Answer 63

Closed Boston ports Insisted on recognition from Massachusetts that duties were within control of parliament

Question 64

When was the Boston port act?

Answer 64

1 june 1774

Question 65

What was the quartering act of 1774?

Answer 65

Authorised soldiers in occupied facilities as opposed to empty ones previously

Question 66

When was the quartering act of 1774?

Answer 66

2 june 1774

Question 67

What were the terms the Quebec act?

Answer 67

French civil law was reintroduced in Quebec It doubled in size (deliberate attempt to block Western expansion) Legal to practice Roman Catholicism

Question 68

When was the Quebec act?

Answer 68

22 June 1774

Question 69

What was the colonists reaction to the Quebec act?

Answer 69

The catholic stronghold threatened them and they saw it as a penalty for their resistance

Question 70

What was the first continental congress?

Answer 70

12/13 colonies met to discuss America

Question 71

Who were apart of the radicals and what did they propose at the continental congress?

Answer 71

John and Sam Adams, Patrick Harvey and they proposed the Suffolk reserves

Question 72

Who were apart of the moderates and what did they propose at the continental congress?

Answer 72

John Dickinson and Joseph Galloway and they proposed the plan of union

Question 73

When was the first continental congress?

Answer 73

September 1774 in Pennsylvania

Question 74

What were the terms Suffolk resolves?

Answer 74

Called for Massachusetts to arm for defence Non-importation of British goods unless coercive acts repealed Declaration of rights and grievances United continental association