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Period 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Salutary Neglect | Policy of Neglect, very lax. The unofficial British policy where parliamentary rules and laws were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade |
| French and Indian War/Seven Years War | British vs. French/natives over colonial power. Cause: French built chain of forts to halt westward expansion, British initially unsuccessful, ultimately took major Canadian stronghold. Peace of Paris. |
| Albany Plan of Union | Join or Die, coordinate colonial defense, unify thirteen colonies, failed. (Benjamin Franklin) |
| Pontiacs Rebellion | First test of British imperial policies, Chief Pontiac leads attack, angered by westward movement, unfriendly (unlike French), alliances in Ohio River Valley destroy settlements, British and troops to regulate. (1763) |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Stabilize/regulate frontier, created line for colonists to no cross Appalachian mountains westward, prevent hostilities with natives, angered response/retaliation as hoped to benefit from won land. |
| Sugar Act | 1764, duty of foreign sugar and other luxury goods, raise money for crown. |
| Smuggling | Bad, big issue, easy to do, sent to Admirality Court. |
| Quartering Act | 1765, required colonists to provide food and quarters to troops. |
| Stamp Act | 1765, revenue stamps on all legal documents. Big widespread issue, first direct act |
| Act Reactions | Sons and Daughters of Liberty |
| Sons of Liberty | Violent, radical minority group, tar and feathering, resistance movement, protests, intimidation |
| Daughters of Liberty | Actually effective, homespun fabric rather than textiles, reduced dependency on British textiles |
| The Townshed Act | 1767, new duties collected on colonial imports such as tea, glass, paper, etc. Could search private homes, suspend NY assembly for colonies defiance of Quartering Atct. |
| Mass. Circular Letter | 1768, letter that urged colonies to petition Parliament to repeal Townshed Act. James Otis, Samuel Adams. |
| Repeal of Townshed Act | 1770, by new prime minister, damaged trade, ended boycotts. Led to temporary truce. |
| Boston Massacre | 1770, colonist crowd harrases quards, grow extremely aggressive, shots fired, five die, troops are acquired as not guilty by John Adams. |
| Committees of Correspondance | 1772, Samule Admas organized committees, send letters about threatening British activities, still afraid. (Step further, Virginia House of Burgess intercolonial committees. |
| Tea Act | 1773, Parliament grants monopoly on British Tea Company, colonists refuse. (Tea is very cheap) |
| Boston Tea Party | Dump 342 chests of tea into harbor out of retaliation. |
| Coercive Acts (Intolerable) | Port Act (closes Boston port), Mass. Government Act (power of Mass. increases gov.), Admin of Justice, royal officers tried in Great Britian, Quartering Act (expanded, all colonies, same idea) To punish colonies, 1774. |
| Quebec Act | Organize Canadian lands, accepted by French Canadians, resented by 13 colonies, Roman Catholic (punch to gut), set up gov. extend Ohio River. |
| Minutmen | Farmers, "rag tag" team of soldiers, militia group, on-call. |
| Martial Law | Military control. |
| Lexington and Concord | April 9 1775, "shot heard around the world". War starts. |
| Timeline | 15 months, war engaged, not all agree with Revolution |
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