Definations Flashcards
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It pit a tax on products containing sugar and molasses issued by Parliament
Sugar Act
A law set up by King George III that said no one can go west of the Appalachian Mountains because G.B. doesn’t want a war because wars are a lot of money
Proclamation of 1773
Put a tax on printed goods
Stamp Act
What year was the Stamp Act repealed
1776
What printed goods did the Stamp Act put a tax on
Newspapers, diplomas, deeds, pamphlets, playing cards and more
Law Making body for Great Britain established on unfair taxes
Parliament
Was part of Virginia House of burgesses which is the law making body and he said liberty or give death
Patrick Henry
Was a the secret organization and it was formed by Isaac Sears
Sons of the Liberty
Cousin of John Adams and he was captured during the battle of Lexington he was a member of sons of liberty
Sam Adams
To refuse to buy or use a person or product
Boycott
To take away
Repeal
The Stamp Act and Sugar Act are examples of acts that were
Repealed
Put a tax on G.B. Goods
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act pit a tax on
Paper, paint, glass, led, and tea
Colonists had to house British soldiers in their home
Quartering Act
Was a black sailor and was killed during the Boston massacre and he was dock worker
Crispus Attucks
In 1775 the Redcoats and the Customs House and then redcoats heard the word fire and they shot their weapons and guns no one knows who said the word fire 5 people laid dead
Boston Massacre
Was a lawyer in Mass. And then later became 2nd president he thought everyone should be fair and he took the United States as nice and fair people
John Adams
Was a committee set up so that the colonists could write letters about British rule Sam Adams formed it
Committees of Correspondence
The British put lower tax on tea( they lowered the price of tea) and then they put a little tax on the tea, they thought the colonists would buy it because it was so inexpensive then British would have colonial say in taxes but then colonists dumped the Tea in the Boston Harbor which was called the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
When the colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped the British tea into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Official name Coercive Act, it closed the Boston Harbor with ships till she was paid for, it blocked ships from coming in and out of Boston and it appointed a British army general
Intolerable Acts
What was the British Army General
General Gage
What year was the Intolerable Acts established
1774