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WorksheetsUS history- colonial independence
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Treaty of Paris 1763
Ended French and Indian War- basically kicked France out of North America. Land east of the Mississippi went to the British. West of Mississippi to Spain
Passed at the same time that the Stamp Act was repealed; declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" & that the colonists possessed virtual representation. Also British Parliament had absolute power over the colonial legislatures.
Extended Quebec's boundary to the Ohio River, recognized Catholicism as its official religion, and established a non-representative government for its citizens.
Colonists resented the expansion of its borders into territory to which they had been denied access by the Proclamation of 1763 and worried about that type of government being pushed on them
a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
Sons of Liberty (1765 and after)
A radical political organization for colonial
Passed at the same time that the Stamp Act was repealed; declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" & that the colonists possessed virtual representation. Also British Parliament had absolute power over the colonial legislatures.
declaratory act
stamp act
quebeck act
treaty of paris
when was the quebeck act passed
1764
1774
1919
1765
Quebec Act (1774)
A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept. After the repeal of the Stamp Act, many of the local chapters formed the Committees of Correspondence which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies. The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
no more french
Extended Quebec's boundary to the Ohio River, recognized Catholicism as its official religion, and established a non-representative government for its citizens.
Colonists resented the expansion of its borders into territory to which they had been denied access by the Proclamation of 1763 and worried about that type of government being pushed on them
queen of britain
a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
john adams
george wahington
patric henry
not here
A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept. After the repeal of the Stamp Act, many of the local chapters formed the Committees of Correspondence which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies. The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
sons of liberty
dauters of liberty
commitie of corrospondence
boston tea party
Townshend Acts
1767
1776
1756
1987
Committee of Correspondence (1772 and after)
Colonial protest to the Tea Act; colonists - dressed as Native Americans- boarded British ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor
Historical Significance:
Led to the Intolerable Acts.
Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. They provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to British Parliament.
Boston Tea Party (1773)
British Response to the Boston Tea Party: 1. port act closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for. 2. reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies.
george
Boston Tea Party (1773)
British Response to the Boston Tea Party: 1. port act closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for. 2. reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies.
Colonial protest to the Tea Act; colonists - dressed as Native Americans- boarded British ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor
Historical Significance:
Led to the Intolerable Acts.
tea
dressed as natives, threw coke into the boston harbor
Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts (1774)
British Response to the Boston Tea Party: 1. port act closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for. 2. reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies.
Came together to protest the Intolerable Acts. The congress, voted for a boycott of British imports, and sent a petition to King George III, agreeing that Parliament had the power to regulate commerce but disagreeing taxation and unfair judicial system.
boston tea party
opened boston harbor
Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense (1776) to encourage the colonies to seek independence. It spoke out against the unfair treatment of the colonies by the British government and was instrumental in turning public opinion in favor of the Revolution.
george washington
johns adams
thomas paine
thomas jefferson
King of England during the American Revolution
george 3
goerge 2
goerge 4
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a particular political cause or point of view. Ideas spread to influence public (the people's )opinion
bias
ads
news
propaganda
American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence
samual adams
gorege washingtom
new guy
tom jeff
the crime of betraying one's country is
(a)
Was a rejected plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies
new albany plan of union
fundamental orders of conneticut
constitution
(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won, but put Britain in heavy debt.
french and natives war
french and indian war
iran war
american revolution
law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation line of 1763
Proclamation line of 1764
Proclamation line of 1773
Proclamation line of 1783
A refusal to buy goods is a
(a)
First law passed by Parliament that raised tax revenues in the colonies for the crown. It increased duty (tax) on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies.
Quartering Act of 1765
Stamp Act of 1765
Sugar Act of 1764
Daughters of Liberty (1765 and after)
law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
quartering act
stamp act of 1765
minutemen
no answer here
an act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists
Quartering Act of 1765
james otis
stamp act
minutemen
Daughters of Liberty (1765 and after)
This organization supported the boycott of British goods. They urged Americans to wear homemade fabrics and produce other goods that were previously available only from Britain. They believed that way, the American colonies would become economically independent.
Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party
A colonial lawyer who spoke out against the Sugar Act "Taxation without representation is tyranny"
Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds
Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act of 1773
James Otis
qurtering act
james otis
A colonial lawyer who spoke out against the Sugar Act "Taxation without representation is tyranny"
James otis
tom jefferson
george washington
samual adams
Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds
armorer
minutemen
secondman
army
