FAC Period 3 #1

proposed in 1754 by Benjamin Franklin to create a more centralized colonial government that would establish policies regarding defense, trade and territorial expansion for all 13 colonies: It was never implemented.

• Albany Plan of Union

• Continental Congress

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

a plan for national govenrment proposed bythe Continental Congress of 1777 and ratified in March of 1781; it gave the national government limited powers reflecting widespread fear of centralized authority.

• Artiles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Albany Plan of Union

• Virginia Plan

a clash in 1770 between colonial portesters and British soldiers in Boston that led to the death of five colonists; it was used to promote the patriot cause of independence

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Olive Branch Petition

• XYZ Affair

a rally against British tax policy organized by the Sons of Liberty on 12/16/1773, consisting of about fifty men disguised as American Indians who boarded British ships and dumped about 45 tons of tea into the harbor

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Olive Branch Petition

• XYZ Affair

1774 law of Parliament passed in response to the Boston TEa Party; the law closed the port of Boston untilresidents paid for the damaged property and moved Massachusetts court cases against royal officails back to England in a bid to weaken colonial authority

• Coercive Acts

• Currency Act

• naturalization Act

• Quartering Act

1765 law ensuring British troops would remain stationed in the colonies after the end of the Seven Years' war and the colonists would be required to provide their housing

• Coercive Acts

• Currency Act

• naturalization Act

• Quartering Act

1764 act of Parliament preventing colonial assemblies from printing paper money or bills of credit, curtailing the ability of local colonial economies to expand

• Coercive Acts

• Currency Act

• naturalization Act

• Quartering Act

a 1765 act of Parliament that imposed a duty on all transactions involving paper items; prompted widespread coordinated protests and was eventually repealed

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

1773 act of Parliament that aimed to reduce the financial debts of Britain and the British East India Company by providing the company with a monopoly on this product in the British American colonies; resutled in colonial protests

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

1764 act of Parliament imposing an import tax on sugar, coffee, wines and other luxury items; it sparked colonial prtests that would escalate over time as new revenue measures were enacted

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act