Intolerable Acts (1774 - British reaction to the Boston Tea Party: Closed the Boston Harbor, stopped local meetings and stopped Committees of Correspondence , Philadelphia - City where the First Continental Congress was located., Boston Tea Party 1773 - When members of the Sons of Liberty dress up as Native Americans and threw several tons of tea into Boston Harbor, Stamp Act 1765 - tax on printed (paper) items such as newspapers, playing cards, legal documents, etc., Townshend Act 1767 - Tax on glass, lead, tea, glass, writs of assistance - Search warrants where British government used to check the colonists houses or ships for smuggled goods. They would search any house without specifying what they were searching for., Boston Massacre 1773 - Conflict that started when colonists threw rocks and snowballs at British redcoats, Proclamation of 1763 - Colonists were not allowed to move west of the Appalachian Mountains in order to keep the peace with Native Americans., Colonists' Reactions to the Stamp Act - 1. boycotted British goods. 2. Protested the taxes. 3. Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty tried to stop the British from unloading the printed items, Sons of Liberty - a secret society led by (SAMUEL ADAMS) was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government., Parliament - The legislative government of England that ruled over the 13 colonies, propaganda - one-sided information used to influence public opinion., First Continental Congress: 12/1774 - Delegates from all colonies (except Georgia) to support the colonists in Boston, agreed to ban trade with Britain for year and to prepare a militia, Lexington and Concord - First shot heard around the world. Two skirmishes between the British redcoats and colonists that caused the American Revolution to begin. , John Locke - He said that all are born with natural rights, (life, liberty and property). The gov't exists to protect the people's rights . He also influenced Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Dec. of Ind., unalienable rights - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, Albany Plan of Union - Plan where Benjamin Franklin asked the colonists to join together to fight the French of lose. "Join or Die" , Thomas Paine - He basically wrote that it was Common Sense for the colonists do declare independence from England, civil disobedience - the refusal to obey laws as a way of forcing the government to change something,

Flash Cards: Road to the Revolution

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