Chapter 2: Section 2 Flashcards
(28 cards)
2 ways the colonies were to serve England:
- source of raw material
2. market for British goods
As British subjects, to whom did the colonists owe allegiance?
Great Britain
How long did it take for news to travel from the colonies to England?
2 months to cross the Atlantic
2 events that changed the relationship between England and the colonies:
1.French and Indian War (1754-1763)
(now the colonist do not need British protection from the French)
2.George III became King in 1760
(new policies to tax the colonist to help pay the war debt)
What was the Stamp Act of 1765?
The first direct tax on the colonists
The money a government collects from taxes or other sources.
Revenue
How did the colonists protest against being taxed?
They refused to buy British goods (boycott)
What did Parliament do in retaliation to the Boston Tea Party?
The Coercive Acts (The Intolerable Acts)
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
A plan designated to unite the colonies
What was stated in the Stamp Act Congress’s petition to King George III?
Only colonial legislature could impose a direct tax
By 1773, what organizations were being used to urge resistance to the British?
The committees of correspondence
Who established the first committee of correspondence?
Samuel Adams
In 1774, which two colonies called for a general meeting of the colonies?
Virginia and Massachussetts
Where was this meeting held, what was it called, and which colony did not attend?
The First Continental Congress was held in 1774, and Georgia was the only colony not to attend.
What did the First Continental Congress decide to do about Great Britain?
Place an embargo
An agreement prohibiting trade.
Embargo
What was King George III’s reaction to the embargo?
Anger
What is considered the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
What did the shot at Lexington and Concord become known as?
the “shot heard ‘round the world.”
Who was elected President of the Congress?
John Hancock
Who was made the commander of the Army?
George Washington
What two things did they agree to do?
Purchase supplies and negotiate treaties
Who wrote Common Sense, and what was its purpose?
Thomas Paine; it supported the revolution
In June 1776, who introduced a resolution for independence?
Richard Henry Lee
