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| 1936893353 | Salutary Neglect | The way the British acted towards the Navigation Acts due to cost and effort | 0 | |
| 1936893354 | 7 years' war/French and Indian war | (American name, European name) The war that led to increased friction between Britain and the colonies, due to the colonists seeing Britain's unfair hierarchies, and after the war with Britain taking its economic failure out on the colonies through taxes. Also led to the expansion of British colonists farther West. | 1 | |
| 1936893355 | Treaty of Paris, 1763 | (Item, year) The resolution to the 7 years' war that took away a lot of Indian land (supposedly French land that the Indians believed did not belong to the French and was not theirs to give away). Affected the siding of the Indians during the Revolutionary War (sided with the British because the colonists were expanding too much). | 2 | |
| 1936893356 | Proclamation of 1763 | *AP TERM: Created in response to the Indians' discontent over the Treaty of Paris. Created a line along the Appalachians beyond which colonists could not settle. Intended to suppress Indian revolts and avoid another war. The colonists grew angry because they thought that with the French out of the way, they could settle wherever. People moved West anyway and the Indians complied, weakened by the war. | 3 | |
| 1936893357 | Benjamin Franklin's (Albany) Plan of Union, 1754 | *AP TERM (Name, date) Would create a separate government appointed by the crown to deal with affairs involving western settlement and disputes with Indians. | 4 | |
| 1936893358 | Colonists feared loss of autonomy, British feared a large force gaining power | Why was Franklin's plan of union rejected by both the colonists and the British? | 5 | |
| 1936893359 | American | What new word being used after the French and Indian war symbolized the beginning of a sense of nationalism among the colonists? | 6 | |
| 1936893360 | Whigs | The name for members of the republican party, who were advocates for colonial resistance. In Britain, just a small radical party, in the colonies, a fairly powerful group organizing resistance. | 7 | |
| 1936893361 | Republicanism | The political theory that wanted liberty for individuals, against tyranny, government dependent on the people. Very unpopular in England, where people wanted the state to be controlled by a hereditary elite. | 8 | |
| 1936893362 | The Sugar Act | *AP TERM: The act that placed a duty on sugar in the colonies. The tax was actually lowered from before (6-3 pence, but in the colonists' minds it went from 0-3 due to salutary neglect). Judged by admiralty courts (Halifax) run by the British navy. Not extremely enraging, however, because sugar was a commodity and could somewhat easily be avoided. | 9 | |
| 1938812525 | The Stamp Act | *AP TERM: Made people pay for a special paper needed for all legal documents, newspapers, etc. It was a bigger deal than the sugar act because it affected all social classes, and lawyers-people with a lot of power-were hit the hardest. One of the worst moves that Britain could have made, possibly the main catalyst for the war. | 10 | |
| 1938812526 | James Otis | Said "no taxation without representation" | 11 | |
| 1938812527 | Virtual Representation | *AP TERM: A concept brought up by James Otis, stated that America was only getting this in parliament and deserved actual representatives from the colonies because it was a separate community. | 12 | |
| 1938812528 | Stamp Act Congress | The group formed in resistance to the Stamp Act that stopped importations* to Britain until demands to repeal the act were met. Eventually riots made all of the stamp distributors leave, so the SA was impossible to enforce. *Non-importation movement | 13 | |
| 1938812529 | Declaratory Act | A statement issued by the British government (in response to the riots around the Stamp Act) that stated that Parliament had control over the colonies "in all cases whatsoever." It was an attempt to make Britain seem powerful, but the colonists saw right through it. Allowed Britain to make the Townshend Acts. | 14 | |
| 1938812530 | Townshend Acts | *AP TERM: 1767, After the Declaratory Act Parliament passed these acts to make up for riots in Britain, which had brought taxes down by 25%. Set up import duties on commodities, intended to pay the salaries of royal officials. John Dickinson argued against this, but mildly, so there was not much revolt yet. | 15 | |
| 1938812531 | Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer | *AP TERM: John Dickinson wrote these to argue against the Townshend Acts. They were reasonable and well supported, so he won a lot of colonist support. He said that Parliament could control the British Empire as a whole, but not place taxes on the colonies separately. Also argued that taxes to raise revenue were unconstitutional. | 16 | |
| 1938812532 | Non-Importation Agreements | *AP TERM: A movement started in Boston in 1767 to fight against unfair taxes. It was a significant period because for the first time, all of the classes were joining together in an effective boycott, even smaller, rural towns who really wanted nothing to do with all of the shenanigans going on in the big cities. | 17 | |
| 1938812533 | Sons of Liberty | *AP TERM: A group of middle-class radicals, mostly lawyers, originally formed in opposition to the Stamp Act, who organized boycotts-the most effective anti-Britain strategy in the colonies. Set up liberty poles as "gesture politics" to appeal to lower-class, illiterate people. | 18 | |
| 1938812534 | Boston Massacre | *AP TERM: 1770. A conflict between soldiers, who were stationed in the colonies to control riots over the Townshend Acts, and colonists. Grew in fame because of Paul Revere's biased depiction of innocent colonists and brutal soldiers. Soldiers were defended by John Adams and ruled innocent. | 19 | |
| 1938812535 | Crispus Attucks | The first person who died in the Boston Massacre, supposedly the first casualty of the revolution. | 20 | |
| 1939951734 | British military occupation of Boston | What occured because of Samuel Adams's letter approved by Mass. House of Representatives that aimed to separate royal officials from colonial assemblies, and was approved by many colonial assemblies? | 21 | |
| 1939951735 | Tea Act | A controversial action made by Thomas Hutchinson that took the duty off of a certain item to help the East India Company make more sales. Was not taken well by the colonists, who saw it as a restriction on their liberties. | 22 | |
| 1939951736 | Lexington and Concord | 1774, Two battles in which King George initiated the fighting against the colonists. At the first, the colonists were not ready and lost, but at the second, they struck back harder and won. | 23 | |
| 1939951737 | Lexington and Concord | What battle featured the "shot heard 'round the world?" | 24 | |
| 1939951738 | Patrick Henry | Who said "give me liberty or give me death," a statement meaning that there was no hope for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. | 25 | |
| 1942412479 | Battle of Bunker Hill | The battle in which the British army underestimated the colonists, so they foolishly marched up a hill in lines, getting shot down. | 26 | |
| 1942412480 | Benjamin Franklin's Plan of Union | The colonists' reaction to what item reflected their desire not to work together? | 27 | |
| 1942412481 | Benjamin Franklin | Who said this quotation about the British military occupation of Boston: "It's like setting up a blacksmith's forge and putting it in a gunpowder magazine"? | 28 | |
| 1947220927 | Intolerable Acts | *AP TERM: The name of a series of acts made in 1774 that really set Americans over the edge. | 29 | |
| 1947220928 | Boston Port Act | IA: An act that made it illegal to load or unload ships in Boston until the colony had compensated the East India Company amd customs office for the tea. A big issue because Boston was a huge center for trade. | 30 | |
| 1947220929 | Massachusetts government act | IA: Made it so that all of the government officials in Massachusetts were appointed by the king or royal governors. Also restricted town meetings to less than once a year. | 31 | |
| 1947220930 | Quartering Act | IA: One that forced colonists to be willing to house British soldiers at their own expense. | 32 | |
| 1947220931 | Quebec Act | IA: Created an authoritarian government for the territory taken from France. It was a feudal system and tolerated Catholicism-which was horrendous to the colonists farther South. | 33 | |
| 1947220932 | Vice-admiralty Courts | Created by the Administration of Justice Act, these were created to strengthen enforcement of the Navigation Acts and did not entitle defendants to a jury. | 34 | |
| 1947220933 | Administration of Justice Act | IA: an act that sent British officials home to Britain for trial if arrested, and only allowed accusations to be made by royal courts, not colonial ones. | 35 | |
| 1947220934 | First Continental Congress | *AP TERM: a group made up of representatives from all colonies but Georgia, met in Philidelphia. Goal was to avoid war but still wanted British constitutional rights: Set up a Declaration and Resolves. | 36 | |
| 1947220935 | Second Continental Congress | *AP TERM: a group made up of representatives from all colonies but Georgia, met in Philidelphia. Goal was to create a unified defense against Britain following Lexington and Concord. Acted as the direction of military affairs during the war. | 37 | |
| 1947220936 | Olive Branch Petition | *AP TERM: A document written by John Dickinson, a well-respected voice of moderation in the colonies, pleading for peace from Britain. | 38 | |
| 1947220937 | Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms | *AP TERM: Written by Jefferson and Dickinson the day after writing the olive branch petition. Sent to Britain to explain that they were tired of ineffective riots and would begin a war if needed. At this point, they would rather die freemen than live slaves. | 39 | |
| 1947220938 | Common Sense | *AP TERM: a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that was written simply enough that all classes could understand it (necessary especially for the lower class-least motivated to fight). Explained that Britain was not helping America at all. | 40 |
