American History #2

losing the American colonies and going mad.

• King George III

• John Locke

best-known policy is the Stamp Act, a long-standing tax in Great Britain which Grenville extended to the colonies in America, but which instigated widespread opposition in Britain's American colonies and was later repealed.

• George Grenville

• The sons of Liberty

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed this Act, to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.

• The Stamp Act

• The Coercive Act

stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses. And if the soldiers outnumbered colonial housing, they would be quartered in inns, alehouses, barns, other buildings, etc

• The Quartering Act

• John Locke Duties

pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution

• John Locke Duties

• The Sons of Liberty

established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party.

• The Sons of Liberty

• Sam Adams

He was known for his ability to harness popular resentment against Parliament's authority to tax the colonies in a productive manner. His role in the origins of the American War of Independence cannot be understated.

• Sam Adams

• John Adams

served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington.

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies,initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.

• The Townshend

• The Boston Massacre

plantation owner, farmer, slaveholder, birthright Quaker, family man, businessman, politician, patriot, and founding father.

• John Dickinson

• The Boston Massacre