Early Colonies: Chapter 5

the region between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Both England and France claimed this area!

a global war centered around England and France and their colonies around the world. Fighting will happen in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. It lasts from 1754- 1763.

the 22 year old heir to the English throne, he takes the power in 1760. He was known to be quite stubborn and foolish.

a law that forbade colonists from crossing over the Application mountains, mainly passed because England could not afford to protect colonists. Colonists saw it as a tyranny.

According to this new law, colonists had to buy stamps to place on all paper products; examples include newspapers, playing cards, legal documents and licenses. *Placed a tax on all paper related products; a stamp must be placed on all documents showing the tax has been paid. *This is the first tax that directly effects all colonists. *Protests and violence become common.

a large group of Patriots, led by Sam Adams, who actively protested British laws that angered colonists. They will not hesitate to use violence and intimidation to achieve their goals.

a law passed as response to the reactions to the Stamp Act, it forces colonists to provide British troops with housing and basic needs at the colonists' expense.

taxes and duties placed on household items in 1767. The taxes were applied at the merchant level to try to hide them from colonists. Boycotts were used to fight the taxes.

March 6th soldiers were patrolling in pairs, when colonists begin to hit hem with snowballs with pieces of bricks inside. This leads to an accident when colonists were shot. Sam Adams and Paul Revere draw a picture of what happened in the massacre. Angry colonists harass British soldiers by the docks of the Harbor.

twist of the truth to make your side look better than the other side.(Sam Adams and Paul Revere used this in the Boston Massacre.)

Silversmith, engraver and patriot, he created the propaganda poster of the Boston Massacre, and warned people about the British march to Lexington and Concord.

leader of the \"Sons of Liberty\", he was excellent at stirring up the public with anti-British speeches. Considered a patriot leader and later sought for arrest by the British.

cousin of Sam, he too is a patriot and a lawyer. He wrote many pivotal essays persuading colonists to join the Patriot cause. Also defended soldiers accused In the Boston Massacre.

British law that gave a British tea company a monopoly to sell their tea in the colonies. This law was met with great resistance.

response to the Tea Act by the \"Sons of Liberty\", they boarded British ships and dumped 300+ crates of tea into Boston Harbor. *The Tea Act requires that colonists must buy their tea from the British East India Company. *Colonists are angry because they don't have a choice of their type of tea. *People begin boycotts on the tea purchases.

a series of laws passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for the tea party. The laws made life extremely difficult for colonists. *

a meeting called in September 1774 in Philadelphia to discuss a possible solution to their conflicts with the British government. Representatives from 12 colonies were present. The meeting resulted in a call for more boycotts and a letter to ask the King to consider their compliments. *This Act was the kings response to the dumping of the tea in the harbor. *Close Boston Harbor till the tea is paid for. *No more governing themselves in Massachusetts. *All British soldiers accused of a crime will be put on trial in England. *More soldiers sent over to control actions.

these towns were outside of Boston, and suspected of housing Patriot guns and ammo. Patriots and British exchange the first gunfire of the American Revolution there in April 1775.

signed the Declaration of Independence, he was the biggest smuggler in New England.

this violence and protest happened after the Stamp Act.

*Cheap land for farming *Colonists were eager to work for success. *Life without government inference.

Mercantilism- is the trade system that ensures that the home country always has a trade profit, often limiting the freedom of its colonies to trade on their own. *English law required all shipping of goods must be done in colonial or English ships. *Law also required that all items made in the colonies must be sold to England or shipped through their parts. *Any item coming to the collection from a different country must pass through England first.

*Trade also included the trading of colonial raw materials or manufactured items to Africa in exchange for gold and slaves. *England wanted to be sure that its home government had a guaranteed profit, *Colonists often smuggled goods into the colonies to get them cheaper. *Colonists could be arrested or fined for trading with other nations directly.

*Placed a tax on sugar ,molasses, and other product originating in the Caribbean. *Merchants could be fined or jailed fro failing to pay the tax. *Merchants resort to smuggling to avoid paying the tax.

*The response of the English government to the violence and protests of the Stamp Act. *Forces colonists to house and feed soldiers placed in their towns for \"protection.\" *Colonists bare all the financial burden, but it falls heaviest on those in colonies with major cities: Massachusetts/ New York/ Pennsylvania. *Angry protests follow soldiers around the colonies.

*Created by British finance leader Charles Townshend. *Placed a tax on household items like lead, paper, glass, tea, and paint. These items were imported from England, and the cost of the tax was added into the price. *This also including a provision to stop smuggling, called writs of assistance. These allowed British officials to search people's property without cause.

this is the one law that was leftover.

people who live and agree with England.

to refuse to buy from a person.