The American Revolutionary Era
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- In 1764 his first Act was passed by Parliament to expand the list of enumerated articles and create stricter enforcements of trade regulations.
- The Sugar Act
- This Act, passed in 1765, was the first that caused widesread protest in the Colonies. It's passing caused the formation of the Son's of Liberty.
- The Stamp Act
- The passage of this Act in 1767 promoted the writing of Letters of a Farmer in Pennsylvania.
- Townshend Acts
- The Boston Tea Party was a reuslt of the passage in 1773 f the Tea Act. The Tea Act allowed for what?
- A monopoly to the East India Company fir tea sold in the colonies.
- These Acts, passed in 1774, were a direct response from Parliament to the Boston Tea Party. They were intended to punish Boston.
- The Intolerable or Coerive Acts
- These allowed British soldiers to search any colonial homes and businesses.
- Writs of Assistance
- This phrase embodied the assertion of colonists that GB had no right to tax the American colonies as long as they did no thae their own representation in Parliament.
- "No taxation without representation"
- Also known as Tories, this term refers to hose Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain during the Revolution.
- Loyalists
- This pamphlet presented justification to Americans for thier break with Great Britain.
- Common Sense
- The American victory here brought about the French alliance.
- Saratoga
- The first shots of the Revolutionary war were fired here.
- Concord and Lexington
- This rebellion of Massachusetts farmers was intended to prevent state courts from foreclosing on debtors unable to pay their taxes – a result of the war- t had to be stopped by colonial militia.
- Shay's Rebellion
- On July 5, 1775, Congress drafted this document. It outlined their issues and asked the British government to respond and deal with them.
- The Olive Branch Petition
- This, Ben Franklin’s plan for intercolonial cooperation proposed in 1754. Called for Grand Council of elected delegates from the colonist that would have powers to tax and provide for common defense.
- The Albany Plan
- This, passed after the French and Indian War, prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachain Mountains.
- The Proclamation Line of 1763