historychaptersixLRHS8

Boycott

colonist refused to buy british goods

legislature

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Tariffs

Governmental charges imposed on goods at the time they are imported into a state.

Loyalists

the name given to those in the colonies that remained loyal to the king's and Parliament's positions and actions

Tories

the name given to those in England who strongly supported the views of King George III and Parliament

Whigs

political party in Britain, that was opposed to the Tories, and became the Liberal Party

Townshend Acts

passed by parlarment in 1767 which placed duties on imported glass, led, paint, paper, and tea

first continental congress

body of representatives appointed by the legislatures of twelve North American colonies

militia

civilians serving as soliders

Wars leading up to the french and indian war

King Philips War
Queen Annes War
King Williams War

King Philips Real name

Metacomet- nicknames king philip because he compared himself to king charles II

Casualties

killed, injured, or captured soliders

Albany Plan of Union

Called all colonies except georgia to unite aginst France- benjamin franklyn helped write it. rejected by parlarment

Edward Braddock

Sent by king George II to command british forces in North America- 1755- had no expirience on fronteer- led straight into a forest ambush by french and american indian troops-british troops won

Treaty of Paris

officially ended the french and indian war- 1763

Backcountry

Another name for fronteer

pioneers

first europeans to settle on the fronteer

Metacomet

aka king Philip opposed further expansion onto american indian lands

What colonists feared of in ohio River Valley

American indian attacks which kept the british settlements small and isolated

Pontiacs Rebellion

leader called on indans to drive out white settlers and give up all european practices in 1763- American indians attacked british forces

Proclemation of 1763

1763- by king George III banned the british from settling west of the appalacian mountains

George Grenville

Britan kept an army in North America to protect the colonist from american indian attacks- asked parlarment to tax colonist to pay for standing army

sugar act

1764- parlarment passed to tax molasses and sugar imported by colonists

James Otis

One of the first colonists to protest taxation by parlarment- No TAXATION W/O Representation

Samuel Adams

Agreed with otis- helped found the commities of correspondance

Stamp Act

Proposed by Grenville- 1765- made colonists pay for a stamp or seal on any paper product

Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams helped organise this- used violence to frighten tax collectors

Patrick Henry

presented a series of resolutions to the house of burgessess in Virginia

Repeal

end

writs of assisstance

allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods

Daughters of Librerty

women who supported boycott

propeganda

information only giving one side of an argument

Boston Massecre

Colonists ganged up on lone british solider- others came and shot the colonists= shots heard from around the world

Tea Act

1773- tax on tea

Boston Tea Party

colonists discuised as american indians and snuck onto british trade ships filled with tea and dumped them overboard

intolerable acts

coersive acts-
1. boston harbor was closed untill boston paid for the lost tea
2. the Mass- charter was cancled
3.faced more friendly judge and jury
4.the Quartering Act forced colonist to quarter british soliders
5. General tomas Gage became new governor of mass,

Mercy Otis Warren

wrote plays such at the group and the blockheads- gave british supporters silly names to make them look foolish

Terms of Treaty of Paris

the land

why and how did king George III and parlarment try to limit colonial expansion?

proclemation of 1763
because he didnt want to get in more arguments with american indians

why did colonist oppose new taxes?

they wanted englishmen rights
magna carta
no taxation with out representation

How did colonist try to change new taxes?

boycotting and protesting

what reigion did american pioneers settle during the 1760s and what happened as a relsult?

ohio river valley- pontiacs rebellion

how did americans reacr when they were taxed by parlarment in which they werent represented

sons of liberty- protest

commities of correspondence

group that contacted other towns and colonies