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new prime minister in 1770; to pacify the colonies, he repealed all the townshend acts except the one on tea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lord north repealed all the townshend acts except the one on ______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
philadelphia
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”?