Flashcards in Pre revolution era Deck (18):
1
Quartering act
colonists must provide room and board + to british soldiers
2
Stamp act
tax on all all documents/ paper goods
3
Townshend act
tea, paint, lead, glass, paper tax
4
Tea act
tax on surplus tea
5
Intolerable acts
•boston harbor closed
•no public meetings in boston or NYC
•British officials charged w crimes
6
Boston massacre
British army soldiers killed 5 male civillians and injured 6 others
7
Boston tea party
political protest of sons of liberty, dumped tons of tea into boston harbor
8
First continental congress
meeting of delegates from 12 of 13 colonies at carpenters hill in philidelphia, early in the american rev
9
Propoganda
biased or misleading info to persuade a political point of view
10
Boycott
to not buy and products as a protest
11
non-importation agreement
protested british revenue triggered by the stamp acts.
12
paul Revere
Patriot during american rev. midnight rider
made a picture of the boston massacre
13
Samuel Adams
leader of the american revolution
14
John Adams
big role in the american revolution
well known/ respected founding father
15
King George
ascended the theone as FAIW came to a close.
16
Crispus Attucks
First death in Boston Massacre and american rev
17
Thomas Paine "common sense"
a pamphlet advocating independance from Great Britain to the 13 colonies
18