APUSH QZ. 10/13

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