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proclamation of 1763
disallowed british colonists to cross appalachian mountains
Why was the the proclamation made?
To avoid further conflict between britain and natives
Result of the proclamation
colonists were angered by the order(felt as though they had the right to settle)
Did british maintain proclomation?
No, Britain didn't have the manpower to enforce the proclamation
What happened to the british after the french and indian war?
The British ended up in major debt
What ended the proclamation of 1763?
salutary neglect(trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced)
What did the proclamation start to lead to?
The revolution
What happened to King George III?
The americans overthrew King George III
Writs of assistance
smuggling searches @ anytime; british gov. has the right to search without warrant
Why were the 10,000 troops not removed after the french-indian war?
Too expensive to move them; King George wanted them to be watched over
Sugar act
British government increased increased taxation of imported goods(like molasses)
What else did the sugar act do?
cut tax on imported molasses so merchants would obey anti-smuggling laws
placed new taxes on imported sugar, wine & coffee
Downside to sugar act
What famous person was a smuggle to avoid taxes?
John hancock
What did the sugar act result in?
led to more smuggling & less tax paying
Stamp act
all documents, contracts, newspapers, etc. carry a tax; any paper product has a sales tax
house of commons
the lower house of the British parliament; determined by the people
house of lords
the upper house of the British parliament; old, rich, appointed by monarch, chosen by the prime minister
who could vote?
Landowning men
Virginia house of burgess
elective body of the colony
James otis
who said taxation without representation=tyranny(abusing power)
Sons of Liberty
formed as protest against the stamp act
Who co-founded the sons of liberty?
Samuel Adams & Paul Revere
Why was there no britains left to enforce the stamp act?
sons of liberty harassed so many british tax collecters that many resigned
what happened to the tax collectors?
they were tarred and feathered
Quartering act
required colonists to either pay for housing & feeding of british soldiers or house them directly
Declaratory act
an attempt to control the behavior of the colonies; parliament had the right to impose taxes on the colonies because the colonies were, in fact, british!
Townshend act
tax on glass, paint, paper, tea, etc
protested & attacked customs officials
sons of liberty
boston massacre
colonists threw rocks and antagonized the redcoats; miscommunication=redcoats killing 5 bostonians
Thomas preston
leader of the redcoats
Crispus Attucks
free sailor, african & native american known as the 1st causuality/martyr
how many people went to the massacre funeral?
12,000 @ liberty tree
boston tea party
December 16, 1773
boston tea party
demonstration by citizens of Boston who raided three British ships(dartmouth, eleanor, & beaver) in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor
to let the british know that they are american
Why did the americans dress like natives to the b.t.p
What happened after the boston tea party?
harbor began to smell
boston had to pay off the damage
What happened to boston harbor after the b.t.p?
harbor shut down until all 340 chests were picked up
Where did the btp happen?
Griffin's wharf
what did the royal governor do after btp?
banned town meetings
aftermath of boston tea party?
new quartering act passed: british troops could be quartered in unoccupied colonial buildings and homes
british officials accused of crimes stood trial in britain not MA
1st continental congress
representatives met in 1774(no one from georgia was present)
continental association
called for an outright colonial boycott of british goods
what else did the continetal association call for?
end to both exporting & importing of goods to britain(including slave trade)
1st ban on slave trade
importation of humans for forced labor was officially banned(barely lasted for 2 years)
Peyton Randolph
planter from virginia; our 1st president
Edenton Tea Party
51 woman led by penelope barker, met in NC
What did the edenton tea party promise to support?
boycotts against british goods until 'acts to enslave our country are repealed'
What did king george III refuse to do?
allow american colonist representation in parliament
ignored the colonists complaints
What was a result from the colonial boycotts?
imports from britain dropped 97%
parliament passed restraining act of 1775(another smuggling act)
minutemen
members of the militia who were ordinary people(US)
Thomas Gage
served alonside washington in the F.I war; appointed military governor of mass.
Where did Gage move troops?
moved garrison(troops stationed in a town with orders to defent it) from NY to NJ
What did Gage call for in Boston?
He called for the confiscation of all weapons & ammunition
Powder Alarm
along the way to confiscate weapons, rumors spread that gage killed 6 people; thousands of minutemen marched to boston to start the war, heard it was false, then went back
What did gage do after Powder alarm?
-called for more troops & navy -hears about secret stash of weapons & plans to march there to take it
who orchestrated the alarm & lantern system?
Dr. Joseph Warren
who left and from where?
Revere: revere + dawes left from north end to lexington(revere got captured
who rode to concord to alarm the minutemen there?
Samuel prescott
Tea act
act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies;The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive
Intolerable Act
Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act,
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine;advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies
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