Unit 2 Pre American Revolution Test Flashcards
Key Events or Acts Key People Key Vocabulary Key Ideas (38 cards)
Stamp Act
the tax that raised money, for the british, on all stamped goods. colonists were taxed with no say.
Tea Act
taxes went up for tea.
Quartering Act
the british forced the colonists to let them stay in their houses.
Townshend Acts
tax on imports, paper, lead, glass, and tea.
Intolerable Acts
punishment for boston tea party. the punishment was that the british closed the port of boston.
Boston Tea Party
colonists dumped tea into the boston harbor, and caused the intolerable acts.
Boston Massacre
british soldiers shoot the clonists.
Proclamation of 1763
they forbid the colonists from settling west of the appalachian.
First Continental Congress
response to the intolerable acts.
Sons of Liberty
a group of patriots that protested to british policy.
writs of assistance
search warrants that let the british look for smuggled goods.
committee of correspondence
letters written about protesting british actions.
Salutary Neglect
the mother country ignored the colonies for a while because they were so far away, they were at war with france, and they were to much effort.
Navigation Acts
laws that controlled trade and travel. ( smuggling increased)
Mercantilism
trade for the good of the mother country.
Sugar Act
tax on sugar and molasses.
Treaty of Paris
treaty that brought on the french indian war to an end.
Lexington and Concord
place of the first battles of the american revolution were.
Paul Revere
a patriot, drawer of the bloody massacre, warned every one the british were coming.
Samuel Adams
patriot, sons on liberty, forms comity of correspondence.
John Hancock
boston patriot.
Patrick Henry
virginian patriot, “give me liberty or give me death!”
Pontiac
indian chief during french/indian war.
George Washington
patriot, fought first battle in french/indian war, learns to become a leader.