The Road to Revolution Unit 5

Words to know… quarter: to be stationed in a specific place Parliament: England’s chief law- making body boycott: a refusal to buy goods repeal: revoke or take away writs of assistance: a search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods

Proclamation of 1763 When: 1763 What: forbid colonists from settling west from the Appalachian Mts. Why: wanted to have tighter control over all the new land gained in the Treaty of Paris wanted to keep colonists away from Indians after Pontiac’s Rebellion Reaction: colonists were angry because they wanted the fertile land many ignored the law

Quartering Act When: 1765 What: colonists were required to quarter British soldiers and provide them with food, clothes, etc. Why: to save money after the French and Indian War Reaction: colonists were angry and didn’t believe that they should have to help repay war debt

Sugar Act When: 1764 What: tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies also gave permission to harshly punish smugglers Why: to generate revenue and help repay war debt Reaction: merchants were angry colonists were upset that they were being taxed without representation in Parliament

Stamp Act When: 1765 What: required all documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid first tax that applied to colonists Why: to generate revenue and repay war debt Reaction: colonists boycotted British goods Sons of Liberty staged protests and burned stamped paper some tarred and feathered customs officials

Declaratory Act When: 1766 What: said that Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies but also repealed the Stamp Act Why: after all the boycotts, British leaders feared English trade with the colonies would decline sharply Reaction: colonists ignored the Declaratory Act and celebrated the repeal of the Stamp Act

Townshend Acts When: 1767 What: a series of laws that suspended New York’s assembly until they quartered soldiers also placed taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea Why: to pay the salaries of British governors and other officials in the colonies

Townshend Acts Reaction: colonists boycotted imported goods and focused on buying American made products believed the writs of assistance took away their natural rights protests began to get violent

Boston Massacre When: March 5, 1770 What: a fight between colonists and British soldiers where 5 colonists were killed Why: tension between the 2 groups had been growing colonists were insulting the soldiers a snowball was thrown and the British fired

Boston Massacre Reaction: colonists were outraged became an anti-British propaganda tool Repeal: Townshend Acts were repealed except on tea

Tea Act When: 1773 What: tea would be shipped and sold by the British East India Company only Why: colonies had been smuggling tea from Holland Reaction: Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party When: December 16, 1773 What: Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor Why: to boycott the Tea Act Reaction: many colonists were excited while others were scared at what Britain would do women in Edenton, NC had their own tea party

Intolerable acts When: 1774 What: closed Boston ports until tea was paid for banned communication between colonies allowed Britain to quarter troops anywhere let British officials accused of crimes in the colonies stand trial in Britain

Intolerable acts Why: punishment for the Boston Tea Party Reaction: First Continental Congress meets and bans trade with Britain each colony trained militias colonists were not ready for independence quite yet but wanted to protect colonial rights Also Known As: Coercive Acts