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| was a chief of the Ottawa tribe who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion |
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| by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, in which it forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, an effort to reorganize british north america. |
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| replaced amhurst for pontiacs rebellion of 1763. Sent troops to boston and created more tension which lead to boston tea party. replaced thomas hutchinson. |
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| regulate the trade and raise revenue. protests followed, and "taxation without representation" was born. basis was a Economic problem. |
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| Adams was a part of a movement opposed to the British Parliament's efforts to tax the British American colonies without their consent. His 1768 circular letter calling for colonial non-cooperation prompted the occupation of Boston by British soldiers, eventually resulting in the Boston Massacre of 1770. founding father. leader of the movement of the revolution. Devised the comittees of corespondence |
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| prime protestor of the sugar and stamp acts. Coined taxation without representation. |
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| ensure that british troups had a place to stay. Initiated by thomas gage. |
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| another tax that created real protest to the gov't of england. protests include the sons of liberty and the comittees of correspondents. Created a violent and destructive bonds. basis was a constitutional rights. |
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| it was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation |
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| Committees of correspondence |
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| shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. They coordinated responses to Britain and shared their plans. Samuel adams was key in this organization. |
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| was a group consisting of American patriots that originated in the pre-independence North American British colonies. The group was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to take to the streets against the taxes by the British government. They are best known for undertaking the Boston Tea Party in 1773, which led to the Intolerable Acts |
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| Became a hero when he leaded the the effort to repeal the unpopular stamp act. |
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| Henry led the opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765 and is remembered for his "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech. Along with Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he is regarded as one of the most influential champions of Republicanism and an invested promoter of the American Revolution and its fight for independence. |
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| these courts were given jurisdiction over a number of laws affecting the colonies. The jurisdiction was expanded in later acts of the Parliament, such as the Stamp Act of 1765. |
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| member of parliament, viewed as the founder of modern conservatism. gave support to the colonies. |
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| He is also known for his popular appeal, his opposition to corruption in government, his support for the American position in the run-up to the American War of Independence. best known as the wartime political leader of Britain in the Seven Years War. |
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| also known as the american colonies act, this repealed the stamp act. Justified the repeal and stated that great britan still had authority in the american colonies. sparked more rebellion for the tea act. |
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| named after Charles Townshend,was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations, and to establish that GB had the right to tax. Eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre. Townshend thought that the colonies would be ok with external taxes. he was wrong. they were later repealed. |
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| British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others, foreshadows the american revolution. helped spark more rebellion. troops were sent to boston to help enforce the townshend acts. |
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| was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies |
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| mong the wealthiest men in the British American colonies, he is known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania; where he argued for the cause of american liberty. |
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| British East India Company |
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| powerful for over 200 years, exercising complete monopolies and military power to its commercial pursuits. colonists were buying dutch tea. eventually the price of the tea was lowered below the price of dutch tea. |
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| one of the founding fathers, wrote drafts to the bill of rights, organized the non importation effort with Washington. |
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| officials seized his ship the liberty and was charged with smuggling. patriot of the revolution, large signature. was very wealthy, was later gov of mass. |
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| lawyer for john hancock. one of the most influential leaders, from mass, negotiator for the peace treaty, |
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| governer of mass. expressed his firm support for firm action against disruptive forces in mass. letters addressing this were made publicly. blindly made the boston tea party possible. replaced as governer by thomas gage. |
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| series of laws passed in direct response to boston tea party. saw them as a direct violation to their const. rights. |
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| legislation that enlarged the boundaries of quebec, colonies were upset because they already lay hold on the lands |
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| american statesman, was elected to the house of Burgess, and committees of correspondence, and second continental congress. fought against the intolerable acts. |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| 12/13 colonies represented in philly. called in response to the intolerable acts. called to boycott british trade and petition george for grievances |
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