A British economic policy This was a common economic practice of the 18 th century Effect: colonies were losing money.

A British economic policy

This was a common economic practice of the 18th century

Effect: colonies were losing money

1. Had to export to England first 2. Only use British/Colonial ships

Britain and France fought over control of the Ohio River Valley; British won

Because Britain won they expected the colonies to help pay for the war

Now the colonist will start getting

TAXED

The land west of the Appalachian Mountains belongs to the NA’s so you can not settle there

It angered the colonists who saw it as an unjustified intrusion into their affairs

They believed it was a British attempt to control colonial Affairs

The Very First Tax placed on the Colonist Was a Tax on Molasses

England controlled colonial currency system

Taxed on all sorts of printed material

Effect: Rioting broke out, boycott of British goods

Was repealed

Refusing to buy a from certain seller.

Purpose: to protest “taxation without representation”

Legal document permitting searches Blank search Warrants This enabled British Officers to search the

homes for Smuggled goods

Colonists had to house and feed British soldiers

Taxed basic items such as lead, glass, tea and paper

They Protested the Townshend Acts

They urged Americans to buy only goods only from the colonies such as homemade fabrics

Deadly riot where 5 colonists were killed Crispus Attucks 1st to be killed Used as propaganda

Effect: colonist formed The Committees of Correspondence”

Could only buy tea from British East India Company

Gave England a monopoly over tea

A group of protesters who would meet to discuss their dislike of British rule

Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and drumped342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor

In response the British Parliament passed the Intolerable acts, leading to the American Revolution

An organization amongst the colonies that took place in response to the intolerable acts.

In this meeting they◦ made requests for peace and fairness ◦ Gathered a list of grievances

told the militias to start preparing to fight

Scheduled their next meeting time

They were punishment for the Boston Tea Party and did 4 things:◦ Closed port at Boston◦ Strengthened Quartering Act◦ No Town Hall Meetings

First shots of the American Revolution

Britain was after the Arsenal the colonist had in Concord

He rode to warn the militia in Lexington that “The British are coming, The British are coming”

“The regulars are out “

He was a silversmith

He was a Minuteman

Lived in Boston

Colonist way to ask King George III for peace

He declined

Advocate of woman's rights

Wife of John Adams

Encouraged her husband to “Remember the ladies”

Patriot leader at Bunker Hill

“don’t shoot until you see the whites in their eyes”

Redcott Leader

Patriot from Massachusetts who attended both Continental Congresses

Becomes the 2nd president

Leader of Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence

First African American double spy He was a slave that spied on British troops

and reported the information to American troops

First person to be killed in the American Revolution.

Killed during Boston Massacre Considered a martyr

African American rider during the Am. Rev. who was responsible for relaying informationHe made a warning ride that the British are coming

He started the Enlightenment movement in colonial America

Ambassador to France On committee to write D of I

Led Spanish forces against Britain by protecting American Ships from the British in New Orleans

King of England during Am. Rev.

Patriot who said “Give me Liberty or Give me Death”

Main author of D of I

French officer who helped train the troops at Valley Forge

He was a writer who advocated the independence of colonies

He wrote pamphlet Common Sense

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine It persuaded ordinary people to support

independence from Great Britain

A Jewish merchant who made loans to help finance the colonial government and Revolutionary War

Author who wrote in favor of Independence

Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

American Naval officer who said “I have not yet begun to fight”

Patriot and President of 2nd Continental Congress

First to sign D of I

Revival of evangelical religion that spread through the colonies