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British Colonial Acts
Definition - Parliament's first direct tax on the American colonies,
Cause - Did this to raise money from britian -
Bacons rebellion
Definition - First rebellion
Cause - Governor Berkeley's refusal to retaliate for a series of Native American attacks on frontier settlements. In addition, many colonists wished to attack and claim Native American frontier land westward, but they were denied permission by Gov. Berkeley. -
Great awakening
Definition - Religious revivals
Cause - The Great Awakening refers to a number of periods of religious revival in American Christian history. Historians and theologians identify three or four waves of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th century and the late 20th century. -
Albany Plan of Union
Definition - The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin
Cause - Albany Congress, conference in U.S. colonial history (June 19–July 11, 1754) at Albany, New York, that advocated a union of the British colonies in North America for their security and defense against the French, foreshadowing their later unification. -
Proclamation of line 1763
Def - The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, Cause - Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War. It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve. -
French and Indian War
Definition - A series of military engagements between Britain and France
Cause - The French and Indian War, which took place between 1754-1763, began due to a conflict between England and France over control of the Ohio River Valley. Both sides wanted the valley so they could expand their settlements into the area -
Pontiacs rebellion
Def - Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas, united a coalition of American Indian tribes to resist British rule in the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley. Cause - He led an uprising at Fort Detroit known as Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763, but the tribes were not able to overcome the fort's strong fortifications in spite of a five-month siege. -
British Colonial Acts
Def. - Parliament's first direct tax on the American colonies Cause - this act, like those passed in 1764, was enacted to raise money for Britain -
Townshend Acts
Def - Series of laws passed by the British gov on american colonies Cause - They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Townshend Acts
Definition - The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767.
Cause - The Townshend Acts were actually a series of taxes and laws imposed upon the colonists. The first, the Townshend Revenue Act, placed a tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. Other bills included in the Townshend Acts contributed to the colonists' angry reaction -
Boston Massacre
Def - was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. Cause - The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams -
Boston Tea Party
Def - The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. Cause - Goal was to have no taxation without representation. -
First continental congress
Def - The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. Cause - Virginia’s representative, Peyton Randolph was elected president. -
Treaty of paris
Def. - The official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended the American Revolutionary War
Cause - Ended the revolutionary war