American Revolution

13 flashcards · Other · by Logan Pollack

1. Writs of assistance

   legal documents that allowed customs officers to enter any location looking for smuggled goods

2. The Stamp Act

   A tax on all printed material

3. Samuel Adams

   sons of liberty

4. Stamp Act Congress

   9 colonies drafted a petition to the king and parliament stating that the colonies could tax themselves

5. Declaratory Act

   Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies

6. Tea Act

   East India company was allowed to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes on tea Sold tea directly to shopkeepers (skipped the merchants) Tea was cheaper because the East India Company paid less taxes and didn't have to deal with the merchants

7. Boston Tea Party

   A group of men disguised as Native Americans armed with hatchets marched to the ports Threw chests of tea overboard

8. The Intolerable Acts

   King George - started to lose control over the colonies Parliament passed the Coercive Acts Harsh laws that were meant to punish the people of Massachusetts for their resistance It closed Boston harbor until colonists paid for the tea Prevented food & supplies from coming in Also took away some rights of the colonists

9. Thomas Gage

   appointed governor of Massachusetts by Great Britain put Massachusetts into martial law

10. Townshend Acts

    indirect tax on items imported to colonies

11. Liberty (1768)

    customs officials claimed ship was used for smuggling and took control of it

12. Troops to Boston (1768)

    customs officials sent word to great Britain that the colonies were on the brink of rebellion parliament responded by sending 2 regiments of troops to Boston

13. Quartering Act

    British could force colonists to house British troops in their homes