American History Lesson 1 and 2

How did the American colonists react to the Boston Massacre?

They were angry.

How did colonists react to the Towhshend Act?

They were angry. They imposed boycotts on goods such as fabrics.

How did colonists react to the sugar act and why?

They were angry. They wanted the right to a fair trial by a jury and to be thought of as innocent until proven guilty. The sugar act gave officers the right to take goods they thought were smuggled without going to court.

How did American colonists react to the stamp act and why?

They were mad. They said only their own assemblies should be able to tax them (not the British).

What is a resolution?

The agreed upon opinion of a group

What statement did colonial leaders send to the king and parliament concerning taxes?

They said only colonist assemblies could tax colonists.

What things redcoats do that upset colonists?

They stole from local shops, they got in fights with colonists and tried to take jobs that Bostonians wanted.

What did colonists do when ships with tea approached Boston Harbor?

They turned the ships away.

What does occupy mean?

To take control of colonial cities.

What were the Townshend Acts?

Acts allowing taxes on imported goods to be paid when they arrived at the port, before the goods were taken into the colonies.

What is propaganda?

Ideas or information spread on purpose to harm or help a cause.

What two rules did the Tea Act include?

1) It gave the company almost total control of the team market in the colonies. 2) They made the tax on tea less expensive.

What were new policies established by the British government?

1) Not to move west 2) Sugar Act 3) Stamp Act 4) Townshend Act

What does encounter mean?

A sudden battle.

What were 3 laws in the Coercive Acts?

1) Ban town meetings in MA. 2) Close Boston Harbor until ruined tea was paid for. 3) To force colonists to let British soldiers live among the colonists.

For what 2 reasons did Parliament pass the Sugar Act?

1) Because they thought lowering the tax on molasses would encourage colonists to pay the tax. 2) So they would be allowed to seize goods from smugglers without going to court.

What were 3 advantages to the British keeping the colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains?

1) Helped keep peace between colonists and the Native Americans 2) Kept colonists on Atlantic Coast and under British control 3) Helped British keep control of the fur trade

For what 2 reasons did great Britain need more money?

1) To fund troops 2) Because they were in debt from French & Indian War

What was the Stamp Act?

A tax on most printed materials.

Who were the Daughters of Liberty?

A group of colonial women

Who were the committee of correspondence?

A group that was used early protests.

Who was Patrick Henry?

A member of the VA (Virginia) House of Burgesses.

What are writs of assistance?

Allowed officers to search for smuggled goods in citizens homes and businesses.

What was the Sugar Act?

An act lowering the tax on molasses but also allowing officers to seize goods from accused smugglers.

How were colonists dressed when they got on the tea ships?

As Native Americans.

What does prohibited mean?

Barred from; kept from doing something

Why did Parliament want royal judges to try the colonists for smuggling?

Because American colonists who were trying smugglers found them innocent.

Why did the Boston Massacre happen?

Because a Bostonian and a soldier began fighting and Crispus Attucks fired a shot.

How did the British plan to get more money from the colonists?

Collecting money from taxes.

What big problem did The British East India Company have?

Colonists wouldn't take the tea.

How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?

Five people.

What propaganda did Paul Revere share with colonists?

He made an engraving that showed a British officer giving orders to open fire an orderly crowd.

What is revenue?

Income

What kind of citizens did most colonists consider themselves?

Loyal British citizens.

What colony was hit the hardest by the Coercive Acts?

Massachusetts

Who did colonists believe should be allowed to tax them?

Only assemblies of colonists (not the British).

What does intolerable mean?

Painful and unbearable.

Who were redcoats?

Poor men who didn't earn much money.who set up camp in the center of the city. They stole from people.

How did Samuel Adams' posters describe the Boston Massacre?

Slaughter of innocent Americans by bloodthirsty redcoats.

How did some colonists avoid paying taxes?

Smuggling

Why did parliament let customs officers have writs of assistance?

So they could search for goods they believed to be smuggled.

What are effigies?

Stuffed figures made to represent unpopular people.

What was the one Towhshend Act tax that was not repealed by Britain?

The Tea Act

When 3 ships got into Boston Harbor, what did the Sons of Liberty do?

The Boston sons of Liberty by dumping tea off of the boats.

Why did the colonists call the Coercive Acts the Intolerable Acts?

The colonists felt they were taking their rights away.

What was the Quebec act?

The law created government for Canada and extended the Canadian territory to the Ohio river.

What did the Sons of Liberty do to protest the stamp act?

They burned effigies

What two things did colonists do to fight the Tea Act?

They called for a boycott and they were not going to let East India ships unload.

How did the colonists feel about the tea act and why?

They didn't like it because of taxation without representation.

How did the Coercive Acts affect the feelings of the colonists?

They felt like they were intolerable.

What was one way the colonists got back at Britain for the Boston Massacre (that hurt them financially)?

They had a boycott on tea.

How did the boycott affect the British and what was their reaction to this problem?

They lost money and they repealed (canceled) the stamp act.

How was Britain affected by colonists not paying taxes as they were ordered to do.

They lost revenue.

What was the extra part added to the Sugar Act (in addition to lowering the tax on molasses?

This act also allowed officers to seize (take) goods from accused smugglers.

What does repeal mean?

To cancel or stop

What does violate mean?

To go against

What does Rebellion mean?

To go against or fight authority.

Why did British Parliament pass the Tea Act?

To make money on tea.

How did colonists use boycotts and why.

To protest taxes they refused to buy certain goods.

What does boycott mean?

To refuse to buy certain goods.

Where did King George III say colonists could not live?

West of the Appalachian Mountains