Unit 2 Key Terms review

- Part of a series of conflicts fought between England and France 
- Fought in Ohio Valley over fur trade
 - The Seven Years War over in Europe

• French & Indian War
• Tea Act 1773
• The Boston Massacre
• The Enlightenment

- British East India company selling their tea with NO tax
- Tax on every other company that wasn't owned by the king
- Led to the anger/protests that caused the Boston Tea Party

• Tea Act 1773
• The Boston Massacre
• The Enlightenment
• “No Taxation Without Representation”

- Sam Adams painted his version of this event
 - 5 people were killed, 6 wounded in the event
- Did Captain Preston order his soldiers to fire?

• The Boston Massacre
• The Enlightenment
• “No Taxation Without Representation”
• French & Indian War

- The Age of reason and individualism
- This movement stressed scientific thinking
- John Locke was involved in this movement

• The Enlightenment
• “No Taxation Without Representation”
• French & Indian War
• Tea Act 1773

- Popular saying of the American colonists to show their hatred of English taxes/acts
- Colonists were upset none of them were members of Parliament (the law making body of England)

• “No Taxation Without Representation”
• French & Indian War
• Tea Act 1773
• The Boston Massacre

- People have to rights to life, liberty and property
- If denied these rights by their leader, the people should revolt

• John Locke's Social Contract
• Boycott
• Magna Carta
• Social Mobility

- Refuse to buy
- Colonists did this to English merchandise to protest acts/taxes

• Boycott
• Magna Carta
• Social Mobility
• Boston Tea Party

- Document that limited the King's power
 - Set in place rule that property could not be seized by the king
- Allowed for a trial by jury in English courts

• Magna Carta
• Social Mobility
• Boston Tea Party
• John Locke's Social Contract

- The biggest difference between Europe and America in the mid 1700's
- The ability to move up or down the social ladder (social status / job / etc)

• Social Mobility
• Boston Tea Party
• John Locke's Social Contract
• Boycott

- Colonial (colonists) answer to the Tea Act- Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians to board ships and dump tea leaves into the ocean

• Boston Tea Party
• John Locke's Social Contract
• Boycott
• Magna Carta