Empire in Transition
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| 1610488246 | Salutary Neglect | refering to an unofficial + long lasting 17th +18th century British policy to avoid strict enforcement of parliment laws, mean to keep colonies obedient to England | 0 | |
| 1610488247 | Franklin's Albandy Plan | proposal to create a unified gov for 13 colonies suggested by Ben Frank, 20+ ppl came to plan their defense related to French +Indian war, plan present early attempts to form union of colonies | 1 | |
| 1610488248 | Boston Massacre | Incident at King Streetby British army soldiers killed 5 civilized men + injured 6 others were | 2 | |
| 1610488249 | Gaspée affair | Rhode Island colonists boarded the Gaspee, a British ship, looted it, then burned and sank it | 3 | |
| 1610488250 | Tea Act of 1773 | Allowed East India Company to avoid navigation taxes when exporting tea to colonies and gave them power to monopolize tea trade; this angered colonists and threatened merchants and the colonial economy. | 4 | |
| 1610488251 | Women in revolt | economy was separating women and men into distinct roles, the home was a woman's special sphere "cult of domesticity" | 5 | |
| 1610488252 | Boston Tea Party | A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor. | 6 | |
| 1610488253 | Coercive intolerable act | acts sent in my parliament against MASS, stripped mass of rights as an example to other colonies not to break rules | 7 | |
| 1610488254 | Quebec Act | Extended boundaries of Quebec and granted equal rights to Catholics and recognized legality Catholic Church in the territory; colonists feared this meant that a pope would soon oversee the colonies. | 8 | |
| 1610488255 | Taxation | An increase in taxation (corporation tax, national influence) | 9 | |
| 1610488256 | Samuel Adams | 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 | 10 | |
| 1610488257 | Quartering Act | 1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. | 11 | |
| 1610488258 | Townshend duties | Popular name for the Revenue Act of 1767 which taxed glass, lead, paint, paper and tea entering the colonies | 12 | |
| 1610488259 | Internal / external taxation | direct tax; tax added on to the price of something purchased by the consumer / placed on an item coming into the colony | 13 | |
| 1610488260 | Nature of Sovereignty | Americans believed that powers should be divided between leading governing force and smaller forces; British believed all governing power should be under one single leader and the Parliament. | 14 | |
| 1610488261 | General Braddock | Blundering British officer whose defeat gave the advantage to the French and Indians in the early phase of the war. | 15 | |
| 1610488262 | William Pitt | A competent British leader, known as the "Great Commoner," who managed to destroy New France from the inside and end the Seven Year's War | 16 | |
| 1610488263 | Battle of Quebec | (1759) British victory over French forces on the outskirts of Quebec. The surrender of Quebec marked the beginning of the end of French rule in North America. | 17 | |
| 1610488264 | Peace of Paris | This ended the Seven Years War/French and Indian war between Britain and her allies and France and her allies. The result was the acquisition of all land east of the Mississippi plus Canada for Britain, and the removal of the French from mainland North America. | 18 | |
| 1610488265 | Proclamation of 1763 | A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. | 19 | |
| 1610488266 | Sugar Act | (1764) British deeply in debt partly to French & Indian War. English Parliament placed a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses. colonists avoided the tax by smuggling and by bribing tax collectors. | 20 | |
| 1610488267 | Stamp Act Congress | A meeting of delegations from many of the colonies, the congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament, and it showed signs of colonial unity and organized resistance. | 21 | |
| 1610488268 | Declaratory Act | 1766; Britains proclaimed the right to tax colonists for no reason without challenge | 22 | |
| 1610488269 | John Locke | 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. | 23 | |
| 1610488270 | Representation, virtual vs direct | basic principal was right of people to be taxed with their consent absurd to english who employed "virtual representation" (parliament members represent interests of whole nation) vs. american "actual" representation elected and accountable to community | 24 | |
| 1610488271 | French Indian War | Was a war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley-- English defeated French in1763. Historical Significance: established England as number one world power and began to gradually change attitudes of the colonists toward England for the worse. | 25 | |
| 1610488272 | Iroquois Confederacy | a powerful group of Native Americans in the eastern part of the United States made up of five nations: the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondoga, and Oneida | 26 | |
| 1610488273 | Ohio Valley | Region that was disputed by British, French and Indians; Indian tribes lived in the valley while France claimed it as territory and English settlement was expanding into it; tension eventually caused war to begin. | 27 | |
| 1610488274 | Fort Duquesne | French fort that was site of first major battle of French and Indian War; General Washington led unsuccessful attack on French troops and was then defeated at Fort Necessity, marking beginning of conflict. | 28 | |
| 1610488275 | Paxton Boys | They were a group of Scots-Irish men that wanted protection from Indian attacks. They made an armed march on Philadelphia in 1764. They protested the lenient way that the Quakers treated the Indians. Their ideas started the Regulator Movement in North Carolina. | 29 | |
| 1610488276 | Stamp Act Crisis | 1765, was a tax on stamps and printed materials in colonies to pay for keeping troops there and paying off war debts. It angered many colonists because of taxation without representation and led to protesting and violence; often by the sons of liberty. | 30 | |
| 1610488277 | Patrick Henry "Virginia Resolves" | Introduces a series of resolves in the House of Burgesses. Believes Britain has no right to tax colonists. | 31 | |
| 1610488278 | First Continental Congress | Delagates from all colonies except georgia met to discuss problems with britain and to promote independence | 32 | |
| 1610488279 | Suffolk Resolve | Declared that the colonies need not obey the 1773 Coercive Acts, since they infringed upon basic liberties. Urged MA to arm themselves, and called for econ sanctions against the Brits | 33 | |
| 1610488280 | Committees of Correspondence | Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies | 34 |
