Abeka United States History chapter 5 review

Patrick Henry

The young lawyer who, in a speech to the House of Burgesses, said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

George III

Became king of England in 1760; vowed to bring the American colonies into subjection.

George Grenville

Became prime minister of England in 1763; initiated the Grenville program to bring the colonies into subjection

James Otis

Boston lawyer who published "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved"

Samuel Adams

Organized the Sons of Liberty

William Pitt the Elder

Parliamentary leader who rejected the idea of "virtual representation"

Edmund Burke

One of England's greatest statesmen and political thinkers; defended the colonies in parliament

Charles Townshend

Chancellor of the Exchequer; propsed the Townshend Acts

John Dickinson

The Pennsylvania lawyer who wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies"

General Thomas Gage

Royal governor of Massachusetts; was forced to import carpenters and bricklayers from England to build winter quarters for his troops

Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott

Rode through the night on the 18th of April to warn their countrymen the British were coming

Ethan Allen

Formed the "Green Mountain Boys"; captured Fort Ticonderoga

John Hancock

Was elected president of the Second Continental Congress

George Washington

Was appointed commander in chief by the Second Continental Congress

Mercantile theory

Theory which states that the real measure of a nation's wealth is the amount of silver and gold it possess, and that colonies exist solely for the good of the mother country

Navigation Acts

Restricted colonial trade

Molasses Act

Taxed raw suger, molasses, amd rum imported to the colonies from the non-British West Indies

Pontiac's Conspiracy

A bloody Indian uprising led by Pontiac, an Ottawa chief

Writs of assistance

General search warrants giving British officials authority to search almost anywhere at any time for contraband

Sons of Liberty

Society in Boston that held parades and protests, destroyed stamps, and forced stamp distributors to resign

Stamp Act Congress

Met in 1765; adopted a resolution "in opposition to the Tyrannical Acts of the British Parliament"

Declaratory Act

Declared that the colonies were subordinate to England and that Parliament had the power to pass laws over them

Townshend Acts

Imposed external taxes on the colonies and established a board of customs in Boston and new writs of assistance to make sure the taxes were collected

Boston Massacre

The name given to the incident in which British soldiers fired on a crowd of Bostonians and killed five of them.

Gaspée Incident

What was the incident when boatloads of colonists attacked a grounded English schooner, removed its crew, and set it afire?

East India Company

Was given a monopoly on tea imported to the colonies by Parliament

Boston Tea Party

What was the name given to the event in which a band of colonists disguised as Indians boarded tea-laden ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 340 chests of tea into the sea?

Intolerable Acts

The Boston Port Bill, the Administration of Justice Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, and the Quartering Act

Quebec Act

Canceled the colonies' claims to western lands and made Catholicism the official religion in Quebec

Second Continental Congress

Convened in Philadelpia in 1775 with John Hancock as its president; prepared for war with Britain

Lexington and Concord

The starting place of the War for Independence

Fort Ticonderoga

Guarded the main road between Canada and New York; was captured by Ethan Allen

Bunker Hill

The first major battle of the War for Independence

The Woolens Act, the Hat Act, and the Iron Act

What were the three acts that regulated colonial industry?

In tobacco

How were ministers paid in colonial Virginia?

The Proclamation of 1763, rigid enforcement of the trade laws, the Sugar Act of 1764, the Currency Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, and the Quartering Act of 1765

What were the six parts of Grenville's program?

"The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved"

What was the pamphlet written by James Otis?

To defend their rights as Englishmen to resist taxation without due representation; to restore their royal charters; and to restore the land grants given to the original colonies

What were the three parts of the Stamp Act Congress's petition to the king?

Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and Thomas Jefferson

Who were three famous members of the Committee of Correspondence in Virginia?

The Boston Port Bill, the Administration af Justic Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, and the quartering act

Name the acts that comprised the Coercive Acts.

September 5, 1774 in Philadelphia

Name the location and convening date of the First Continental Congress.

Sir William Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, and John Burgoyne

Who were three British commanders who joined General Gage in Boston?

Breed's Hill

What was the actual location of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

1760

In what year did George III become king?

1763

In what year was the Proclamation Line drawn?

1765

In what year did the Stamp Act Congress convene?

1773

In what year was the Boston Tea Party?

1774

In what year was the First Continental Congress held?

April 19, 1775

What was the date of the fighting at Lexington and Concord?

1775

In what year was the Second Continental Congress held?