abeka history 11 section 5.3

charles townshend

appointed the chancellor of the exchequer in 1767

chancellor of the exchequer

fill in the blank

charles townshend was appointed ____________ ____ ____ ____________ (in charge of the treasury)

townshend acts

new taxes were passed on imported paper, paint, lead, and tea; created a board of customs (controlled colonial taxes) 

board of customs

fill in the blank

the townshend acts created a ___________ ____ ____________ (controlled colonial taxes) 

john dickinson

authored a pamphlet entitled “letters from a farmer in pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the british colonies”

john dickinson

protested the right of parliament to legislate the colonies

boston massacre

on march 5, 1770, british soldiers killed five american citizens; only two soldiers were given light punishments

march 5, 1770

when did the boston massacre begin?

lord north

new prime minister in 1770; to pacify the colonies, he repealed all the townshend acts except the one on tea

tea

fill in the blank

lord north repealed all the townshend acts except the one on ______

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 (it was bankrupt)

boston tea party

citizens disguised as native americans boarded british ships and dumped tea into the boston harbor

1773

what year was the boston tea party?

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

canceled all western land claims by extending quebec’s borders

first continental congress

12 out of the 13 colonies met in philadelphia in september 1774; agreed on four rights that england could not take away

1. philadelphia

2. september 1774

two answer fill in the blank

the first continental congress met in ____________ in __________ ________

parliament

fill in the blank

the first continental congress ultimately rejected _____________ but still claimed king george

march 1775

when did henry’s speech sum up the feelings of the colonists toward england?

patrick henry

who said: “give me liberty or give me death”?