Social Studies Road to the Revolutionary War Test

Magna Carta

document signed on June 15, 1215 forcing King John that to raise taxes, he had to consult a group of nobles and clergy. it gave English people protection against unjust treatment or punishment. even kings and queens were bound by this law

Representative Government

all 13 colonies had some kind of representative government or assembly. a form of government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government. English parliament was a representative assembly

English Bill of Rights

stated that the ruler could not suspend Parliament’s laws, impose taxes, or raise an army without Parliament’s consent. also banned cruel and unusual punishments. gave people the right to a fair trial with a jury.

Militia

a military force made up of ordinary citizens. George Washington was selected to lead one to drive out the French.

The French and Indian War

progressed from the conflict between the British and the French. won by the British. the french fired against fort necessity and GW surrendered.

Proclamation of 1763

an order that prohibited colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains. offered peace between Native Americans and settlers, kept colonists near the Atlantic coast, allowed Britain to control westward expansion and the fur trade in the region. salutary neglect is when the British government ignored the colonies on purpose.

Sugar Act

lowered the tax on the molasses the colonists imported. also allowed officers to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court, was an indirect tax

Stamp Act

a law that taxed almost all printed materials such as newspapers, wills, and playing cards, was a direct tax

Townshend Acts

a tax to imported goods such as glass, tea and paper. the tax was paid when the goods arrived before they were brought into the colonies, indirect tax. the British eventually repealed the acts

Writs of Assistance

document that allowed officers to search almost anywhere for smuggled goods without a warrant

Propaganda

information designed to influence opinion

Committee of Correspondence

colonists who called for resistance to British rule, a group used in earlier protests who were “revived” by Sam Adams, circulated against calls for action against Britain, brought together protesters opposed to British measures

Boston Tea Party

The East India Company shipped unwanted tea to the colonies, so the sons of liberty dressed as Indians and threw the tea overboard. a method of protest

Intolerable Acts

laws that expressed the feeling of colonists towards the coercive acts, they were passed to force Boston to pay for the tea they threw overboard

The methods of protest

the boycotts, the Boston tea party, and destruction of property

Firebrand

someone who stirs up trouble

Causes of the Revolutionary War

1: French and Indian War

2: Proclamation of 1763:

3: Sugar Act

4: Stamp Act

5: Stamp Act Congress

6: Decleratory Act

7: The Townshend Acts

8: Boston Massacre

9:Coercive/Intolerable Acts

Sam Adams

he called the stamp act congress, was a firebrand, friend of John Hancock, started the committee of correspondence, got John Adams to defend soldiers In jail, proved that the colonists believed in justice,

Sons and daughters of liberty

sons dressed up as Indians and threw the tea overboard, daughters formalized the political agency during the stamp act crisis

George Washington

surrendered against the french

John Adams

cousin of sam adams, defended the soldiers in court and got them light sentences

John Hancock

one of the wealthiest men in the colonies who lived in Boston, friend of sam adams, a trader with lots of ships, a firebrand