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1765
Stamp Act Congress
1773
Boston Tea Party
1774
First Continental Congress
April 19, 1775
Lexington and Concord
1775
Second Continental Congress
Navigation Acts of 1660 and 1663
regulated and monopolized trade
Board of Trade
six-man group used to control and create laws or regulations dealing with colonial trade
laissez faire
What system did England practice with the colonies
Mercantile
What theory did England change to
Pontiac’s Conspiracy
A native American war led by Chief Pontiac against British frontier colonists
Writs of assistance
Search warrants
George III
became king in 1760; wanted more control
George Grenville
Became prime minister of England in 1763
Proclamation of 1763
No settlement west of the appalachians
James Otis
“The Right’s of the British Colonies asserted and proved.”
Sons of liberty
Political organization led by Samuel Adams that protested the new taxes
1765
9 colonies met in New York to discuss a response to the stamp act
Edmund Burke
One of Britain's greatest statesmen and political thinkers; defendant of the colonies
Declaratory act
The colonies are subordinate to Great Britain and parliament has the power to pass laws in the colonies
Charles Townshend
Appointed the chancellor of the Exchequer in 1767
Townshend Acts
New taxes passed on imported paper, paint, led, and tea
Patrick Henry
Who defend the house of bourgeois in the parson’s cause court case
Stamp act
What act did colonies especially hated
John Dickinson
Authored a pamphlet entitled “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies”
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed 5 American citizens
Lord North
New Prime minister in 1770
Gaspee Incident
British ship burned by the colonists in 1772
Committees of Correspondence
formed by Sam Adams to help inform the colonies of issues with England
British East India Company
tea company of Great Britain
Boston Tea Party
citizens disguised as Native Americans boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor
Board of customs
What did the Townshend acts create?
March 5, 1770
What date was the Boston Massacre
Tea act
What act was not repealed from the Townshend Acts
Boston Port Bill
closed the port of Boston
Administration of Justice Act
legal offenses would be tried in Great Britain
Massachusetts Government Act
limited self-government in Massachusetts
Quartering Act
soldiers could live in any structure they chose
Quebec Act
cancelled all western land claims by extending Quebec’s borders
First Continental Congress
12 out of 13 colonies met in Philadelphia in September 1774
March 1775
Henry’s speech summed up the feelings of the colonists toward England
Minutemen
colonial “soldiers” who were trained to fight at a “minute’s notice”
Thomas Gage
British general in charge of the soldiers in Boston
Lexington and Concord
2 small villages located 20 miles outside Boston
Ethan Allen
led a militia group called the Green Montain Boys
Second Continental Congress
provided a government and an army for the colonies
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott
Who were the 3 men who warned the minutemen
April 19, 1775
What date did the British march into Lexington
“The shot heard round the world”
What began the war for Independence
Ticonderoga
What fortress did Green Mountain Boys capture for their 1st victory
Crown Point
What did the Green Mountain Boys capture to protect the Northern colonies
Bunker hill
Where did the patriots lose their first battle
John Hancock
Who was chosen to be president of the Congress
George Washington
Who was chosen to lead the army
1730s-1740s
The Great Awakening
1754-1763
French and Indian War
Halfway Covenant
descendants of church members could become full members even if they weren’t believers
John and Charles Wesley
began the Methodist church
William Tennent
established “Log College” for ministry training
Gilbert Tennent
“The Dangers of an Unconverted Ministry”
Jonathan Edwards
preached the most famous sermon in American history, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Wesleys
Who led the Methodist Revival
America
Where was the revival in the Great Awakening
George Whitfield
Most famous preacher of the Great Awakening
David Brainerd
best-known missionary to the Native Americans
Phyllis Wheatley
1st black female writer in America
Fort Duquesne
French fort built strategically along the Ohio River (on British land); captured by the French
Albany Plan
Benjamin Franklin’s plan to unit the colonies against the French (unsuccessful)
British
Larger population gave superior man power
French
Stronger central government
General Braddock
1st Commander of British and American troops
William Pitt the Elder
Became the new Prime Minister of England
Seven Year’s War
What were the 4 wars between 1689 and 1763 called
George Washington
Who did Governor Dinwiddie sent to Ohio territory to force the French to leave
General James Wolfe
Who was the new commander for England to end the war
1759
British attack Quebec, largest French stronghold
Treaty of Paris
ended the French and Indian War (1763)
Wolfe
Who won the battle in 1759
England
What country did France gave Canada and land east of the Mississippi to
Spain
What country received the New Orleans and the Western territory
England
What country did Spain cede Florida to
9
How many colonies met to discuss a response to the stamp act?
12
How many of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia in 1774
April 19, 1775
What date was "the shot heard round the world"
Benedict arnold
colonial general who committed treason when he handed over westpoint and defected to the british
Independence
What is the one thing the British didn't give America
July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence adopted
1777
Battle of Saratoga
1781
Battle of Yorktown
1783
Treaty of Paris
Olive Branch Petition
July 1775; colonies sent a petition to George III to repair their relationship
Continental Congress
Issued a document entitled Declaration of the Cause and Necessity of Taking up arms
Hessians
German soldiers
Thomas Paine
Authored an pamphlet entitled Common Sense
Richard Henry Lee
proposed on June 7, 1776 that America should be free from England
Declaration of Independence
most important human statement of political principles in history
John Locke
social contract theory; individuals have rights to life, liberty, and property
William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Patriots
supported independence from England
Loyalists
supported the king and his authority
Proclamation of Rebellion
What did the King issue in England
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