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USH COLONIAL DISCONT
US HISTORY COLONIAL DISCONTENT TO REVOLUTION
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| war fought between France and England in the colonies; known as Seven Years War in Europe | French & Indian War |
| treaty that ended the French and Indian War | Treaty of Paris (1763) |
| this decree drew a north /south line along Appalachians, forbidding colonists to settle west of the line | Royal Proclamation of 1763 |
| king of England during period of colonial discontent and revolution | George III |
| England's Prime Minister during George III reign | Lord Grenville |
| taxes on imports and exports | customs duties |
| British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of Parliamentary laws, especially the Navigation Acts | salutory neglect |
| act that changed tax rates on sugar,molasses; placed new taxes on silk, coffee, wine, indigo; allowed officials to seize goods without due process | Sugar Act |
| banned use of paper money in colonies | Currency Act |
| required printed materials to be taxed | Stamp Act |
| first direct colonial tax | Stamp Act |
| required colonists to house British troops | Quartering Act |
| this group organized protests and intimidated stamp distributors | Sons of Liberty |
| phrase meaning that colonists had no representatives in Parliament | taxation without representation |
| group that drafted the Declaration of Rights and Grievances | Stamp Act Congress |
| petition sent to King George requesting repeal of Stamp Act; stated that only colonial representatives had right to tax colonies | Declaration of Rights and Grievances |
| action used to protest by not buying goods | boycott |
| agreement of colonial merchants to not purchase British goods | nonimportation agreements |
| Parliamentary that that asserted Parliament's authority over colonies | Declaratory Act |
| act which placed new taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint, tea; established use of vice-admiralty courts (no jury of peers & loss of due process) | Townshend Act |
| act that legalized writs of assistance | Townshend Act |
| general search warrants | writs of assistance |
| this group created "homespun" as an act of patriotism and protest | Daughters of Liberty |
| encounter between British and colonists - 5 colonists died, including Crispus Attucks | Boston Massacre |
| this caused British to repeal the Townshend Acts | Boston Massacre |
| colonists' term for British soldiers | Redcoats or Lobster Backs |
| colonial groups formed to communicate about British activities | Committees of Correspondence |
| act that refunded 4/5 of tax to British East India Company | Tea Act |
| act of protest that occurred in Boston Harbor | Boston Tea Party |
| Boston Port Act + Massachusetts Government Act +Administration of Justice Act + new quartering act + General Gage brought in as colonial governor | Coercive Acts |
| act that shut down Boston Harbor | Boston Port Act |
| act that banned town meetings and had governor appoint local officials | Massachusetts Government Act |
| act that allowed colonial governor to transfer trials of British soldiers to England | Administration of Justice Act |
| act that extended Quebec's borders into colonial territory | Quebec Act |
| Coercive Acts + Quebec Act | Intolerable Acts |
| this urged colonists not to obey Coercive Acts | Suffolk Resolves |
| militia men trained and ready to stand at a moment's notice | minutemen |
| group that included Tories and government officials, landowners, wealthy merchants | Loyalists |
| group that included Whigs and farmers, merchants, urban workers | Patriots |
| this man, who was a colonial silversmith, warned that the British were about to attack | Paul Revere |
| in addition to Paul Revere, this colonist warned that the British were coming | William Dawes |
| face off between colonists and Red Coats; the shot heard round the world | Lexington and Concord |
| commanger-in-chief of colonial forces | George Washington |
| battle that took place at Breed's Hill; Americans faced 2000 British troops | Bunker Hill |
| this document asserted loyalty to King George III; requested that he call off hostilities | Olive Branch Petition |
| pamphlet by Thomas Paine demanding independence | Common Sense |
| document written by Thomas Jefferson and submitted on July 4, 1776 | Declaration of Independence |
| commander of British forces | General William Howe |
| city where British troops surrendered to Continental Army | Yorktown |
| treaty that marks the end of the American Revolutionary War | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| type of government that provides citizens with the power to elect representatives to run the government | republic |
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