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Acts passed by England restricting colonial trade to England only. Enumerated good had to be shipped on English ships to England Purpose was to guarantee that England alone would profit from trade with the colonies Profit would be used to pay toward debt from French and Indian War ______ was upset with Governor Berkley and his policies toward Native Americans He and his followers were upset about being disenfranchised (not have a say in government matters) by the House of Burgesses His followers were mostly former Indentured Servants that wanted to acquire land. This was an act passed by Parliament (1763) that did not allow settlers to cross the Appalachian Mountains Gave colonist a feeling that England was controlling the future advancement Blamed George III for the colonies' problems and urged Americans to declare their independence Series of pamphlets called “Common Sense” that suggested the colonies become their own country These were written by The Tea Act lowered the price of English tea but also forced the colonist to only buy English Tea Colonist preferred Dutch Tea Members of the Son’s of Liberty threw English tea into Boston Harbor This was known as the? Act passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party Closed Boston Harbor and said the people of Boston had to pay for the tea. Act passed by Parliament that taxed printed material, legal document 9 Colonies send representatives the meeting called the ___ ___ Congress. Led to a colonial wide boycott of English goods The act was repealed (cancelled) because of the boycott He was thought to be the most Enlightened American He was an inventor and later a statesman He negotiated with the French to join the American Revolution after the Colonist won the battle of Saratoga This inter-colonial association was created by the elite in an attempt to channel crowd action into acceptable forms of resistance These persons would tar and feather tax collectors Samuel was one of the leaders of this group
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Proclamation of 1763 Nathaniel Bacon Thomas Paine Boston Tea Party Coercive Act / Intolerable Act Stamp Act Benjamin Franklin Sons of Liberty Navigation Acts
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This meeting was held in response to the Intolerable Act Colonies sent representatives The members sent a letter to King George trying to prevent war (Olive Branch Petition) King George had a large army stationed in Boston Quartering Act forced colonists to house these soldiers A crowd threatened several soldiers who fired into the crowd killing some Paul Revere later called this event? According to England all English subjects, including those who are not allowed to vote, are represented in Parliament. They said we were virtually represented We called this? General Gage sent British troops to Concord and Lexington in search of weapons British soldiers and colonist met on Lexington green A shot was fired called “The Shot Heard Around the world” This was the start of? This was a list of reasons why the American colonists were separating from England Contained the philosophies of John Lock Written by Thomas Jefferson Their job was to prepare the colonies for war They put George Washington in charge of the Continental Army They had Thomas Jefferson write the declaration of Independence The colonist defeated the British at the Battle of _____ This win encouraged the French to join our side 1600s In this colony people came to America as whole families and sometimes many from the same village Purpose for settlement was religious freedom They had rocky or sandy soil but worked together for the common good of the colony This colony was able to grow from reproduction 1600s colony High death rate from disease and Indian attacks Purpose of settlement was to make a profit Good soil for planting Ratio of men to women 6/1
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Taxation without representationBoston Massacre Revolutionary WarDeclaration of IndependenceSecond Continental Congress Saratoga New England/ Massachusetts Jamestown Virginia Chesapeake First Continental Congress
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General Cornwallis had his back to the sea and could not escape because the French ships had arrived. He surrendered to George Washington. The Battle of ____ was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War Advocated forcible resistance to the Coercive Acts. What is this? Restitution was promised to colonist that had been loyal to England Promise to pay colonial debt to England 13 colonies recognized as an independent nation and get lands from Mississippi to Atlantic. The consequence of so many English Troops in Boston 1770 Leader of the Stamp Act Congress in Virginia British Commander at Yorktown 1775, Parliament passed the _____________, which declared war on American international commerce. After the Stamp Act was repelled, Parliament states its belief in its own sovereignty It list the American’s grievances with the King
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Treaty of ParisYorktown Suffolk Resolves Boston Massacre Patrick Henry Cornwallis Prohibitory Act Declaratory ActDeclaration of independence
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