Give me liberty! Flashcards
(44 cards)
The imperial struggles of the mid-18th century, as well as new British efforts to collect taxes without direct colonial representation or consent and to assert imperial authority in the colonies
Seven Years’ War
A western boundary of the British American colonies that ran a long the Appalachian Mountains, was implemented to prevent costly wars with native Americans but fiercely resented by British colonists
Proclamation Line of 1763
A 1765 law that forced anyone who bought something printed on paper to purchase a revenue stamp, was hated by the colonists because it was a direct tax
Stamp Act
Tightened enforcement of taxes on sugar to prevent smuggling
Sugar Act
The colonial idea that they should have representation in parliament if they are going to be taxed
“No taxation without Representation”
A group of Boston artisans, shopkeepers, and merchants who were willing to carry out extra legal protests against British rule
Sons of Liberty
Well-born British colonial women who led a non-importation movement against British goods
Daughters of Liberty
1767 parliamentary measures (names for the chancellor of the Exchequer) that taxes tea and other commodities and established a board of custom commissioners and colonial vice-admiralty courts
Townshend Acts
a confrontation between a crowd of Bostonians and British soldiers on March 5, 1770, which resulted in the deaths of five people, including Crispus Attucks, the first official casualty in the war for independence
Boston Massacre
Sons of liberty disguised as American Indians dumped 45 tons of tea into Boston harbor (Over 1 million dollars)
Boston Tea Party
Closed the Boston harbor, royal officials took over the MA colonial government, canceled town meetings, forced families to house soldiers
Intolerable Acts
Shows unified defiance of colonists against imperial rule, banned importation of slaves in 1776
Continental Congress
A military commander who would eventually become president, started his military career as a 21 year old commander in the French and Indian war
George Washington
Adopted the motion of the constitution, had wanted to bring Americans together, thought that slavery was evil, claims he’s from Philidelphia
Ben Franklin
A wealthy Virginian delegate to the second Continental Congress, was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Second president, only served one term, Washington’s vice president, a hot-head, part of the federalist party
John Adams
First lady, wanted virtue and education, “First feminist in America”, “Remember the ladies.”
Abigail Adams
Plane language argument for independence, argued against divine rights for kings, promoted republican government over monarchy
Thomas Paine, Common sense
Purchased by a family in Boston, openly supported George Washington, named herself after the ship she was on, published poetry
Phillis Wheatly
The first shots fired in the Revolutionary war, on April 9, 1775, near Boston; approx. 100 minutemen and 250 British soldiers were killed
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Armh authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 to fight the British; commanded by General George Washington
Continental Army
A proclamation issued by 1775 by the earl of Dunmore, the British governor of Virginia, that offered freedom to only slaves who fought for the king against the rebellious colonists
Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation
Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, articulated natural rights, the justification for liberty and self-government, and listed grievances against the king
Declaration of Independence
Last battle of the revolutionary war; General Lord Charles Cornwallis along with over 7,000 British troops surrendered in Yorktown, Virginia, on October 17, 1781
Battle of Yorktown
