| A | B |
|---|
| germans, irish, scottish, jews, africans | immigrants that came to america, colonies |
| hugeuenots | french protestants |
| Why Scots/Irish came to colonies | drought, disputes with England |
| Why Germans came to colonies | crop failures, wars |
| why protestants, jewish, lutherans came to colonies | religious freedom |
| what germans contributed to colonial societ | better rifle, efficient farming |
| largest number of newcomers to America | Africans |
| African/Slave contribution to colonies | grow rice, herd cattle, african boats |
| one effect of immigrants on colonial society | religious tolerance |
| Great awakening | religious revival in colonies |
| important leader in great awakening | Jonathan Edwards |
| tried to scare people to believe in god by talking about hell | Jon Edwards |
| British preacher, outdoor sermon, powerful speaker, "fly to christ" | George Whitefield |
| started preaching and attacked religious leaders | Lay people |
| challenged church of England, weakened church/state, sense of american independence | effect of great awakening |
| hard to communicate and support soldiers | effect of long distance between Britain and colonies |
| Britain did not enforce laws/regulations | Salutary neglect |
| male, 21, land owner | people that could vote |
| governor, council, assembly | political heirarchy in colonies |
| abilities for colonies to control spending money | power of purse |
| king rejects bill from assembly | veto power |
| andrew oliver | stamp distributor |
| effigy of Andrew Oliver | protest Stamp Act |
| required stamps on all printed materials | stamp act - |
| Ebenezer Macintosh | led protestors to burn stamp collectors home |
| after burning Andrew Oliver's home | stamp distributor resigned |
| why colonies didn't like taxes | no taxation without representation |
| French and Indian War | Seven Years War |
| the area the seven years war was fighting for | territory along Ohio River valley |
| George washington saw this weakness in British army | easy to attack from hiding places |
| England gained this in Treaty of Paris | Canada, French lands EAST of Mississippi |
| Spain lost this area in Treaty of Paris | Florida |
| Spain gained this in Treaty of Paris | French territory WEST of Mississippi |
| doubled their territory, huge debt | effect of England winning the war |
| one reason England made taxes | to make colonies pay for war |
| closed territory west of Appalachian to colonist | Effect of Proclamation of 1763 |
| Indians attacked British fort | Pontiac's Rebellion |
| British wanted time to negotiate with Indians | effect of Pontiac's rebellion |
| Why colonists were upset about Proclamation line | helped in war, wanted right to this land |
| required colonies to give lodging to british soldier | Quartering Act |
| most hated act by British king | Stamp Act * |
| required colonies to buy revenue stamp to register legal document | Stamp Act # |
| Result of Stamp Act Congress | colonies made Declaration of Rights |
| what the Declarations of Rights said | no taxation without representation, no trial without jury |
| effect of Stamp Act Congress and Declaration of Rights | England repealed Stamp Act |
| taxes on paint, glass, lead, paper, tea | Townshend Acts |
| how the Townshends Act were enforced | Writs of Assistance |
| allowed officials to enter homes/business look for smuggled goods | Writs of Assistance * |
| colonies react to Townshed Acts | boycott on taxed goods |
| effect of boycott by colonies | created unity within colonies |
| protestors from boston about Stamp Act | Sons of Liberty |
| held spinning bees to make cloth | Daughters of liberty |
| one thing Samuel Adams did during this time | wrote inflammatory newspaper articles against England |
| laborers attacked Boston Custom house, soldiers killed protestor | Boston Massacre |
| Effect of Boston Massacre | many colonies were angry at Britain |
| Effect of boycott on taxed goods | England repealed Townshend Acts |
| letters to keep American complaints about England alive | Committee of Correspondence |
| allowed British Tea company to sell tea directly to colonies at low price | Tea Act of 1773 |
| Britain hoped colonies would buy tea and pay taxes | what britain wanted when they passed Tea Act |
| colonies react to Tea Act | they threw tea over the boat into the water |
| closed port of Boston, banned town meeting, new Quartering Act | Intolerable Acts |
| put Ohio river valley in Quebec to isolate New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia | Quebec Acts |
| Effect of Intolerable Acts | colonies meet to make First Continental Congress |
| What First Continental Congress did | Intolerable acts null and void, embargo on British goods, called colonies to train soldiers |
| used to enforce embargo on british goods | Continental Association |
