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Road to Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Who fought in the French and Indian War? | British vs. French and Indians |
| What was the cause of the French and Indian War? | Fought over control of Ohio River Valley |
| Why did most Native Americans side with the French in the French and Indian War? | The French treated them better and did not try to steal their land. |
| What happened at the Albany Congress? | The colonies were urged to join together to fight the French. |
| Why did the Iroquois remain neutral during the French and Indian War? | They did not want to get involved because they did not want to have trouble with either side but once it became clear that the British were going to win they joined their side. |
| Who won the French and Indian War? | British |
| What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris? | England gained most of the French land in North America: Canada & all French land east of the Mississippi |
| What was the Proclamation of 1763? | Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763? | Colonists are angered; many colonists disobey and move to that land anyway |
| Why did the British begin taxing the Americans after the French and Indian War? | to pay off the war debt |
| What is Parliament? | the lawmaking body of England |
| Stamp Act | 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc. |
| How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act? | There were widespread protests, boycotts, and attacks on tax collectors. |
| Townshend Acts | A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on glass, paper, paint, lead and tea. |
| How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts? | The colonists boycotted many British goods. |
| Non-importation Agreements | A form of protest against British policies; colonial merchants refused to import British goods. |
| Sons of Liberty | A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution |
| Boston Massacre | The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans |
| Why did Paul Revere purposely create an inaccurate painting about the Boston Massacre? | to enrage the colonists |
| Quartering Act | 1765 - Required the colonists to provide food, housing and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. |
| Tea Act | Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party |
| Patriots | American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War |
| Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
| Boston Tea Party | A 1773 protest against British tax on tea in which the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor. |
| Intolerable Acts | Laws passed to punish Massachusetts: Quartering Act- colonists were required to house and feed British soldiers Closed Port of Boston Colonists not allowed to meet in groups King would appoint all government officials for Massachusetts |
| First Continental Congress | September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts |
| Declatory Act | March 1766- repealed Stamp Act, said British law was binding in all cases whatsoever |
| British view of representation | believed in virtual representation- said that Parliament represented all British subjects whether or not they had a representative in Parliament |
| American view of representation | believed that they should not get taxed unless have a representative in Parliament |
| boycott | A refusal to buy or use goods and services. |
| Writs of Assistance | search warrants used to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods |
| Sam Adams | leader of the Sons of Liberty |
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