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A British economic policy
This was a common economic practice of the 18th century
Effect: colonies were losing money
1. Had to export to England first 2. Only use British/Colonial ships
Britain and France fought over control of the Ohio River Valley; British won
Because Britain won they expected the colonies to help pay for the war
Now the colonist will start getting
TAXED
The land west of the Appalachian Mountains belongs to the NA’s so you can not settle there
It angered the colonists who saw it as an unjustified intrusion into their affairs
They believed it was a British attempt to control colonial Affairs
The Very First Tax placed on the Colonist Was a Tax on Molasses
England controlled colonial currency system
Taxed on all sorts of printed material
Effect: Rioting broke out, boycott of British goods
Was repealed
Refusing to buy a from certain seller.
Purpose: to protest “taxation without representation”
Legal document permitting searches Blank search Warrants This enabled British Officers to search the
homes for Smuggled goods
Colonists had to house and feed British soldiers
Taxed basic items such as lead, glass, tea and paper
They Protested the Townshend Acts
They urged Americans to buy only goods only from the colonies such as homemade fabrics
Deadly riot where 5 colonists were killed Crispus Attucks 1st to be killed Used as propaganda
Effect: colonist formed The Committees of Correspondence”
Could only buy tea from British East India Company
Gave England a monopoly over tea
A group of protesters who would meet to discuss their dislike of British rule
Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and drumped342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor
In response the British Parliament passed the Intolerable acts, leading to the American Revolution
An organization amongst the colonies that took place in response to the intolerable acts.
In this meeting they◦ made requests for peace and fairness ◦ Gathered a list of grievances
told the militias to start preparing to fight
Scheduled their next meeting time
They were punishment for the Boston Tea Party and did 4 things:◦ Closed port at Boston◦ Strengthened Quartering Act◦ No Town Hall Meetings
First shots of the American Revolution
Britain was after the Arsenal the colonist had in Concord
He rode to warn the militia in Lexington that “The British are coming, The British are coming”
“The regulars are out “
He was a silversmith
He was a Minuteman
Lived in Boston
Colonist way to ask King George III for peace
He declined
Advocate of woman's rights
Wife of John Adams
Encouraged her husband to “Remember the ladies”
Patriot leader at Bunker Hill
“don’t shoot until you see the whites in their eyes”
Redcott Leader
Patriot from Massachusetts who attended both Continental Congresses
Becomes the 2nd president
Leader of Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence
First African American double spy He was a slave that spied on British troops
and reported the information to American troops
First person to be killed in the American Revolution.
Killed during Boston Massacre Considered a martyr
African American rider during the Am. Rev. who was responsible for relaying informationHe made a warning ride that the British are coming
He started the Enlightenment movement in colonial America
Ambassador to France On committee to write D of I
Led Spanish forces against Britain by protecting American Ships from the British in New Orleans
King of England during Am. Rev.
Patriot who said “Give me Liberty or Give me Death”
Main author of D of I
French officer who helped train the troops at Valley Forge
He was a writer who advocated the independence of colonies
He wrote pamphlet Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine It persuaded ordinary people to support
independence from Great Britain
A Jewish merchant who made loans to help finance the colonial government and Revolutionary War
Author who wrote in favor of Independence
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
American Naval officer who said “I have not yet begun to fight”
Patriot and President of 2nd Continental Congress
First to sign D of I
Revival of evangelical religion that spread through the colonies