SS-Unit 5 Road to Revolution Notes

*One major consequence of the French and Indian War was that the expense of fighting the war led Britain to tax the colonies directly for the first time.

* When King George III of England issued the Proclamation of 1763, he was using power with authority.

*Ben Franklin’s goal in creating his “Join, or Die” cartoon was to unify the colonies in their fight against England.

*One result of the French and Indian War was that France lost most of its land in North America.

*The main cause of the Intolerable Acts that the British enacted (put into force) in 1774 was the Boston Tea Party.

*The cause of adopting the Stamp Act in the American colonies was that the British Parliament needed more money to pay off the debts from the French and Indian War.

* A direct cause of the American Revolution was the colonists were angry with taxation without representation.

*Sam Adams is best known for organizing protests against British rule.

* The role of the First Continental Congress was that they voted to cut off trade with Britain until they repealed the Intolerable Acts.

* Patrick Henry convinced the colonists to go to war with England through his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech. This speech helped unite colonists to join the fight against the British.

*George Washington was the General of the Continental Army.

* The main cause of the Boston Massacre was soldiers were sent to keep order and the colonists protested. *The effect of the Boston Massacre was colonists did not feel that England had any right to govern them.

*Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor (named the Boston Tea Party), and this caused England to issue the Intolerable Acts.

*The Intolerable Acts was a law passed by Britain to close the Boston Harbor, make it against the law for colonists to meet in town meetings, and demanded they house and feed British soldiers (continuing with the Quartering Act).

* The colonies responded to the Intolerable Acts by uniting and sending food and money to the colonists of Boston.

*The colonists boycotted all British-made products as a result of the Townshend Acts.

*The colonists responded to the Proclamation of 1763 by using their power without authority and continued to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

*The Sugar Act was a tax passed by the British Parliament taxing sugar in the 13 colonies.