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| order issued on October 7, 1763 by King George III to establish and organize Great Britain’s new land and establish business relationships with Native Americans |
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| Thomas Paine and Common Sense |
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| Englishman who wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet challenging the authority of the British gov't and the royal monarchy |
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| set of papers written by Thomas Paine that constituted his support for and independent and self-governing America |
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| a tax put on the colonists by Great Britain; it said that most printed goods in the colonies had to be printed on stamped paper made in Britain |
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| adopted by Continental Congress in 1775 to try to avoid a war with Great Britain; the petition was denied and the colonies declared rebellion |
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| war started by Native Americans to try to push the British out of the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley area |
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| acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain to ensure that British soldiers had housing in the colonies |
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| series of laws passed in 1767 that places new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea |
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| rebellion by the colonists in 1773; British officials refused to give the colonists tea, so they boarded the ship and threw all the tea into the Boston Harbor |
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series of laws by British Prime Minister in response to Boston Tea Party
o Impartial Administration of Justice Act
o Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act
o Boston Port Act
o Quartering Act
o Quebec Act |
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| colonists loyal to the Great Britain during the Am. Rev. |
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political group of American colonists; some of which included:
o Paul Revere
o Patrick Henry
o John Hancock
o John Adams
o Sam Adams |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| convention of delegates from the colonies that first met in Philadelphia in 1774 before the Am. Rev. |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| second convention of delegates that met in Philadelphia in May 1775 at the beg. of the Am. Rev. |
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| March 5, 1770 a group of colonists were taunting British soldiers, the British back fired and ended up shooting and killing 5 colonists |
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| Presbyterian Scot-Irish men formed a vigilante group and killed 20 Native Americans because of hate and fear from the French and Indian War |
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| designed to prop up the East India Company, the tea was shipped directly to the colonies and sold at a bargain price; the colonists didn’t want to buy more tea because that meant more taxes; this lead to the Boston Tea Party |
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| turning point in the Am. Rev.; Gen. Burgoyne [England] surrendered to the colonists and returned to England in disgrace, the French then joined the war on the side of the colonists |
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| No taxation without representation |
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| the lack of direct representation in the British Parliament was an illegal denial of their rights as Englishmen and therefore the taxes applying only to the colonies were unconstitutional |
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| Non-importation agreements |
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| document stating that the colonists cite their opposition to the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and Coercive Acts |
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| no taxation without representation; the British unfairly taxed the colonists |
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| a British ship who had been enforcing the Navigation Acts came into shallow waters off the coast of Rhode Island and colonists boarded, looted, and then burned the ship |
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| new tax placed on the colonists; upgrade from the Molasses Act; British Parliament lowered the tax amount by half in hopes the revenue would be collected |
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