APUSH FINAL REVIEW
CHAPTER THEMES KEY TERMS, PEOPLE & EVENTS
1-3 → The Columbian Exchange Smallpox
Columbus’s “discovery” creates a transatlantic system with Europe gots new food products (corn and potato) and their
profound economic and social (democratic effects). Goods like population grew, but native populations decreases due to the
spices, food, etc. were transferred from the old world to the increase of diseases like smallpox. The demographics were
new world and vice versa, but so was disease. There were opposite.
effects on both sides of the atlantic. Jamestown
→ Establishing the colonies: The Columbian Exchange strengthened european power because
New England vs. Chesapeake vs. Southern of more revenue, and spain benefits in the early stage of
Colonies were settled for different reasons. Some were colonization (lasting settlements). The English did not have lasting
escaping religious persecution and wanted to practice their settlements at first (remember roanoke), but Jamestown came
own beliefs (Like Massachusetts with a puritan city on a hill) later and was successful after John Smith and John Rolfe.
and others (like Virginia) were in search of gold. Most New Confederation & Dominion of New England
England colonies were for religious reasons and Chesapeake The New England Confederation was formed when four colonies
were for other reasons. Life in the Chesapeake colonies was (The Bay and Plymouth along with the Connecticut colonies of
full of diseases and bad living conditions. This cut 10 years off New haven and the scattered valley settlements) banded together
of the lifespan for the colonists. There were fragile families to defend against foes such as the French, Indians, and Dutch and
because there were not many women and as a result, men had to deal with intercolonial problems. Each colony, regardless of
trouble finding mates. The few unmarried girls were often size, had two votes. The confederation was Puritan but it was a
pregnant and since men died often, widows usually were step towards colonial unity. These colonies acted together on
allowed to own their land. Once the tobacco industry became matters of intercolonial importance which had not really been
successful, the colonies also became successful. Entire seen before.
families migrated over to New England so it was opposite that The Dominion of New England was created by royal authority to
of the Chesapeake colonies. New England had harsh and rocky enforce Navigation Laws that would prevent American trade with
soil so farming was different and led to subsistence farming. countries not ruled by the English crown. The Americans did not
like these laws and smuggling became a common occupation
(start of resistance to British). Sir Edmund Andros strove to
enforce the laws, suppress smuggling and end other activities, so
there was a revolt. This was known as the Glorious Revolution and
Catholic James II was dethroned while protestant rulers of the
Netherlands (Dutch William III and his wife Mary, daughter of
James II) were enthroned. This change in power collapsed the
Dominion of New England. The revolution inspired other colonies
to strike against royal authority in America. New Monarchs
relaxed the royal grip on colonial trade and there was a period of
“salutary neglect” when the Navigation Laws were weakly
enforced. England did not have much influence in the colonies
during this time, so when they tried to tighten their grip again, the
colonists were upset.
Fishing, shipbuilding, and small factories were common in New
England. Middle colonies were the “breadbasket” of all the
colonies and there were many river systems. Middle colonies
also grew cereal crops and were more anti-slavery than
southern colonies (Ex. Pennsylvania-quakers=more tolerant).
In southern colonies, plantation systems developed where
, cash crops were grown and there was less urban
development-more favorable to agriculture. There were many
indentured servants in the chesapeake colonies.
- Other thing to note:The New England colonies
included Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay
Colony (merged together later), Rhode Island,
Connecticut (settlement also in New Haven founded
by Puritans. Connecticut valley settlements later
merged with New Haven), and New Hampshire
(absorbed by the Bay Colony then separated and
made a royal colony by the king).
4&5 →Indentured servants & the spread of slavery/cash Bacon’s Rebellion
crops In 1676 a thousand Virginians broke out of control, led by
There were New World encounters which lead to evolving Nathaniel Bacon. Bacon was a young planter and many of the
religious, cultural, and racial justifications for the subjugation rebels were frontiersmen. They killed Indians and chased
of Africans and Native Americans.The Spanish, English and Berkeley, Virginia's governor, from Jamestown and burned the
others thought natives were uncivilized and they thought they capital. Bacon Bacon wanted all Indians dead, regardless of if they
were doing them a favor by christianizing them (white man's were good or bad. ignited resentment of former servants and the
burden). The Encomienda system gave spain native labor tension remained even after Bacon died, although the rebellion
(indians), but they often died from diseases so there was a fallen apart after he died. Bacon’s Rebellion was an important
switch to African Americans. Black slaves didn’t rebel as much turning point because it is a shift from labor from the headright
and were a more reliable source of labor. Servants and slaves system to a less troublesome form of labor (aka slaves). Sharp
worked on plantations and harvested crops like sugarcane and decrease in indentured servitude.
tobacco (very important crop in colonial America). Slaves - Note: Indentured servants and farmers were generally
were shipped over with the middle passage and conditions on the frontier (poorer) while wealthy people were on the
were so terrible that many died or jumped off the boat and eastern seaboard. People did not like this division.
committed suicide. Salem Witch Trials
African slavery became the prevalent form of labor in the The Salem witch trials were in Massachusetts and the community
American colonies because wages went up in England. These consisted of puritans. Young girls claimed to be bewitched by
rising wages made the amount of indentured servants willing older women and “witch hunts” followed and many people were
to come to America decrease, so more black slaves were killed, including two dogs. Large-scale witchcraft persecutions
imported. The slaves outnumbered white servants among the were common in Europe and there were several outbreaks in the
plantations. Additionally, some plantation owners and others colonies. Matthew Hopkins was a witch-hunter and his methods
feared rebellions, like Bacon’s Rebellion, so they relied more brought death to hundreds of women, men and children in eastern
on African slaves who were less likely to revolt. England in the 1640s. It ended in 1693 when the governor of
- As the plantation system grew, so did slavery Massachusetts was alarmed that his wife was accused. He put an
(directly related). end to further trials and pardoned those already convicted.
- Indentured servants and the headright system. IF Reparations were also made to the heirs of the other victims.
they survived after 7-10 years they would get - Women and young girls were accused of being witches
freedom dues because girls had abnormal behaviors (moldy bread is
thought to be the cause-ergot poisoning)
- It was also an economic/ class conflicts (backwoods
girls) accuse wealthier families. The witch hysteria was a
way to get back at enemies and blame people for random
things.
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that exploded in the
1730s and 40s. Effects of the Great Awakening included
undermining the old clergy, the creation of new education/ “new
light” centers, and sparking colonial unity. Jonathan Edwards and
George Whitefield were key leaders in the Great Awakening and
, they each played a different role in how the Great Awakening
impacted colonists. The Great Awakening undermined the old
clergy and boosted colonial unity which was a stepping stone
leading up to the American Revolution.
Important people:
- Jonathan Edwards was involved in the Great Awakening
and he believed in salvation through good works and
being dependent on God’s grace. He often discussed hell
and what it looked like. He was a pastor and had a
famous sermon called, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God.”
- George Whitefield was also involved in the Great
Awakening and he believed in human helplessness and
divine omnipotence. He gave moving speeches(orator)
that brought people to tears and he inspired many with
his unique style of preaching which was full of emotional
appeals. He was a great orator who used emotional
appeals while preaching, which was a new and unique
approach.
6 →Causes & effects of the 7 Years’ War Albany Congress
Causes? The British government summoned an intercolonial congress to
- The cause of the Seven Years War, like most wars, Albany, New York and delegates from 7 out of 13 colonies showed
was about economics. More specifically, it started up. The purpose of the meeting was to keep the Iroquois Indian
when the Governor of Virginia awarded a huge land tribes loyal to the British in the war, and the Indian chiefs were
grant to the Ohio Company. The Native Americans bribed with gifts, like guns. Another goal was to achieve greater
and their French supporters thought that they had colonial unity that could help them win against France. Benjamin
rights to the land so there were tensions. The fighting Franklin was the leading spirit of the Congress and he drew a
broke out when the British tried to eject the French famous cartoon of a separated snake representing colonies.
from their forts. - fragmented snake (live or die) colonies see themselves
In the New World, Ohio became the main place where as more distinct colonies
disagreements between the French and British occured. There Benjamin Franklin came up with a plan and the delegates adopted
was a snapping point in 1749 when there were legal the plan but the individual colonies and the london regime did not.
disagreements relating to land ownership. In 1754, George Pontiac’s Uprising
Washington was sent to Ohio and Virginians fired the first The Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years War negatively
shots close to Fort Duquesne. The French fought back and impacted the Indians and the Ottawa chief Pontiac in 1763 led
Washington was forced to surrender. The British took action many tribes in a campaign to drive the British out of the Ohio
after this and the sides went back and forth for years. The Country. They had the help of a handful of French traders. In
Seven Years War was fought not only in America, but in Detroit, they overran all but three British posts west of the
Europe, the West Indies, Africa, the Philippines, and on the Appalachians and they killed around two thousand soldiers and
ocean. In Europe, Britain and Prussia were on one side against settlers. The British responded by distributing smallpox infected
France, Spain, Austria, and Russia. The French wasted strength blankets among the Indians and this ended the uprising. Pontiac
in the European struggle in Germany and they were not able to died and the British were motivated to stabilize relations with
throw adequate force into the New World. The British had western Indians.
some later defeats but ultimately took the lead and won the Causes of the uprising:
war. - The french were more pleasant to deal with so natives
Effects: were affected by britain's victory and the french being
The peace treaty at Paris in 1763 officially ended the war and kicked out. They no longer had an ally or trading partner
France was no longer a leading power in North America, in the area.
Britain was the dominant power. effects:
Also, see information to the left that discusses Pontiac’s - More distrust (natives vs. Britain)
Uprising and the Proc. of 1763.
, Proclamation of 1763
After the french and indian war and pontiac’s uprising Britain
wanted to have better relations with the indians to prevent
further conflict so they said that colonists could not settle west of
the appalachians because the territory was for the Indians. This
angered colonists because they didn’t get the territory they were
fighting for in the war. After a period of statutory neglect, the
colonies felt that britain couldn’t restrict them that much. The
colonists decided to disregard the proclamation and settled there
anyway, heightening tensions leading up to the American
Revolution.
7 →Mercantilism *sugar act was the first of its kind and was lowered after
It was a trading pattern that helped shape the 13 colonies. colonial protest. It extended the molasses act.
Triangle trade was prevalent and it was a feedback loop in a * The British tried to tax the colonies to gain more silver
way because colonies needed slaves to produce things like and gold and to pay for their war debt from the Seven
sugar and the more they produce these things the more they Years War (French and Indian War).
can sell them to Britain and get manufactured goods from Stamp Act
britain. Continuing cycle. Grenville imposed the Stamp Act in 1765 after facing backlash
Mercantilism was embraced by The British from the colonists from the previous two acts. This act raised
authorities and Mercantilists believed that revenues to support the new military force and it mandated the
wealth was power and that a country’s economic wealth could use of stamped paper or the affixing required on bills of sale for
be measured by the amount of gold/ silver in its treasury. To about fifty trade items as well as on certain types of commercial
do this, it needed to export more than it imported. and legal documents (playing cards, newspapers, marriage
→Increased British Taxation of Colonies licenses, etc.) The British people had had a heavier stamp tax for
The British began to impose regulations (navigation laws) two generations before, so they thought that the tax in the
because they wanted the colonies to trade only with Britain colonies was reasonable. Americans were angry because they
and no one else. thought that only their own elected colonial legislatures could tax
Important Trend them, not Britain. Britain said that the colonies were “virtually
Britain passed the Navigation Laws and later the Molasses represented” in parliament. Colonists said “no taxation without
Act. The Navigation Laws were designed to prevent American representation” and this was important to them.
trade with countries not ruled by the English crown. The Results:
Molasses Act was passed because the British West Indian - The Stamp Act Congress of 1765 brought together
planters wanted North American trade to stop with the French twenty-seven distinguished delegates from nine colonies,
West Indies. Americans (increasing in size/population) wanted in New York City. The members drew up a statement of
more British products, yet the slow growing british population their rights and grievances and wanted the Parliament
did not have enough room to absorbing more imports from and king to repeal the legislation. It boosted colonial
America. This resulted in a trade imbalance and colonists unity.
looked for foreign markets, which most likely angered Britain. - There was the adoption of nonimportation agreements
Other Important Acts to remember against British goods (boycotting), so homespun woolen
Quartering Act-housing soldiers garments were made by Americans. There were slight
The Declaratory Act- Britain could make laws for the colonies changes in the colonies so that
in all cases whatsoever. they could make their own goods and not have to rely on
Townshend Acts-There was a light import duty on glass, white Britain for everything. This spontaneously united the
lead, paper, paint, and American people. American men and women had new
tea. This tax was an indirect customs duty payable at opportunities to participate in colonial protests and the
American ports. support for non importation spread. Petitions were
- Boston Massacre after colonists turn to smuggled tea signed and colonists swore that they would uphold the
after this act boycott plan.
- Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
Other thing to note: Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party with a series of
Samuel Adams was sensitive to infractions of acts in 1774, specifically designed to
CHAPTER THEMES KEY TERMS, PEOPLE & EVENTS
1-3 → The Columbian Exchange Smallpox
Columbus’s “discovery” creates a transatlantic system with Europe gots new food products (corn and potato) and their
profound economic and social (democratic effects). Goods like population grew, but native populations decreases due to the
spices, food, etc. were transferred from the old world to the increase of diseases like smallpox. The demographics were
new world and vice versa, but so was disease. There were opposite.
effects on both sides of the atlantic. Jamestown
→ Establishing the colonies: The Columbian Exchange strengthened european power because
New England vs. Chesapeake vs. Southern of more revenue, and spain benefits in the early stage of
Colonies were settled for different reasons. Some were colonization (lasting settlements). The English did not have lasting
escaping religious persecution and wanted to practice their settlements at first (remember roanoke), but Jamestown came
own beliefs (Like Massachusetts with a puritan city on a hill) later and was successful after John Smith and John Rolfe.
and others (like Virginia) were in search of gold. Most New Confederation & Dominion of New England
England colonies were for religious reasons and Chesapeake The New England Confederation was formed when four colonies
were for other reasons. Life in the Chesapeake colonies was (The Bay and Plymouth along with the Connecticut colonies of
full of diseases and bad living conditions. This cut 10 years off New haven and the scattered valley settlements) banded together
of the lifespan for the colonists. There were fragile families to defend against foes such as the French, Indians, and Dutch and
because there were not many women and as a result, men had to deal with intercolonial problems. Each colony, regardless of
trouble finding mates. The few unmarried girls were often size, had two votes. The confederation was Puritan but it was a
pregnant and since men died often, widows usually were step towards colonial unity. These colonies acted together on
allowed to own their land. Once the tobacco industry became matters of intercolonial importance which had not really been
successful, the colonies also became successful. Entire seen before.
families migrated over to New England so it was opposite that The Dominion of New England was created by royal authority to
of the Chesapeake colonies. New England had harsh and rocky enforce Navigation Laws that would prevent American trade with
soil so farming was different and led to subsistence farming. countries not ruled by the English crown. The Americans did not
like these laws and smuggling became a common occupation
(start of resistance to British). Sir Edmund Andros strove to
enforce the laws, suppress smuggling and end other activities, so
there was a revolt. This was known as the Glorious Revolution and
Catholic James II was dethroned while protestant rulers of the
Netherlands (Dutch William III and his wife Mary, daughter of
James II) were enthroned. This change in power collapsed the
Dominion of New England. The revolution inspired other colonies
to strike against royal authority in America. New Monarchs
relaxed the royal grip on colonial trade and there was a period of
“salutary neglect” when the Navigation Laws were weakly
enforced. England did not have much influence in the colonies
during this time, so when they tried to tighten their grip again, the
colonists were upset.
Fishing, shipbuilding, and small factories were common in New
England. Middle colonies were the “breadbasket” of all the
colonies and there were many river systems. Middle colonies
also grew cereal crops and were more anti-slavery than
southern colonies (Ex. Pennsylvania-quakers=more tolerant).
In southern colonies, plantation systems developed where
, cash crops were grown and there was less urban
development-more favorable to agriculture. There were many
indentured servants in the chesapeake colonies.
- Other thing to note:The New England colonies
included Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay
Colony (merged together later), Rhode Island,
Connecticut (settlement also in New Haven founded
by Puritans. Connecticut valley settlements later
merged with New Haven), and New Hampshire
(absorbed by the Bay Colony then separated and
made a royal colony by the king).
4&5 →Indentured servants & the spread of slavery/cash Bacon’s Rebellion
crops In 1676 a thousand Virginians broke out of control, led by
There were New World encounters which lead to evolving Nathaniel Bacon. Bacon was a young planter and many of the
religious, cultural, and racial justifications for the subjugation rebels were frontiersmen. They killed Indians and chased
of Africans and Native Americans.The Spanish, English and Berkeley, Virginia's governor, from Jamestown and burned the
others thought natives were uncivilized and they thought they capital. Bacon Bacon wanted all Indians dead, regardless of if they
were doing them a favor by christianizing them (white man's were good or bad. ignited resentment of former servants and the
burden). The Encomienda system gave spain native labor tension remained even after Bacon died, although the rebellion
(indians), but they often died from diseases so there was a fallen apart after he died. Bacon’s Rebellion was an important
switch to African Americans. Black slaves didn’t rebel as much turning point because it is a shift from labor from the headright
and were a more reliable source of labor. Servants and slaves system to a less troublesome form of labor (aka slaves). Sharp
worked on plantations and harvested crops like sugarcane and decrease in indentured servitude.
tobacco (very important crop in colonial America). Slaves - Note: Indentured servants and farmers were generally
were shipped over with the middle passage and conditions on the frontier (poorer) while wealthy people were on the
were so terrible that many died or jumped off the boat and eastern seaboard. People did not like this division.
committed suicide. Salem Witch Trials
African slavery became the prevalent form of labor in the The Salem witch trials were in Massachusetts and the community
American colonies because wages went up in England. These consisted of puritans. Young girls claimed to be bewitched by
rising wages made the amount of indentured servants willing older women and “witch hunts” followed and many people were
to come to America decrease, so more black slaves were killed, including two dogs. Large-scale witchcraft persecutions
imported. The slaves outnumbered white servants among the were common in Europe and there were several outbreaks in the
plantations. Additionally, some plantation owners and others colonies. Matthew Hopkins was a witch-hunter and his methods
feared rebellions, like Bacon’s Rebellion, so they relied more brought death to hundreds of women, men and children in eastern
on African slaves who were less likely to revolt. England in the 1640s. It ended in 1693 when the governor of
- As the plantation system grew, so did slavery Massachusetts was alarmed that his wife was accused. He put an
(directly related). end to further trials and pardoned those already convicted.
- Indentured servants and the headright system. IF Reparations were also made to the heirs of the other victims.
they survived after 7-10 years they would get - Women and young girls were accused of being witches
freedom dues because girls had abnormal behaviors (moldy bread is
thought to be the cause-ergot poisoning)
- It was also an economic/ class conflicts (backwoods
girls) accuse wealthier families. The witch hysteria was a
way to get back at enemies and blame people for random
things.
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that exploded in the
1730s and 40s. Effects of the Great Awakening included
undermining the old clergy, the creation of new education/ “new
light” centers, and sparking colonial unity. Jonathan Edwards and
George Whitefield were key leaders in the Great Awakening and
, they each played a different role in how the Great Awakening
impacted colonists. The Great Awakening undermined the old
clergy and boosted colonial unity which was a stepping stone
leading up to the American Revolution.
Important people:
- Jonathan Edwards was involved in the Great Awakening
and he believed in salvation through good works and
being dependent on God’s grace. He often discussed hell
and what it looked like. He was a pastor and had a
famous sermon called, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God.”
- George Whitefield was also involved in the Great
Awakening and he believed in human helplessness and
divine omnipotence. He gave moving speeches(orator)
that brought people to tears and he inspired many with
his unique style of preaching which was full of emotional
appeals. He was a great orator who used emotional
appeals while preaching, which was a new and unique
approach.
6 →Causes & effects of the 7 Years’ War Albany Congress
Causes? The British government summoned an intercolonial congress to
- The cause of the Seven Years War, like most wars, Albany, New York and delegates from 7 out of 13 colonies showed
was about economics. More specifically, it started up. The purpose of the meeting was to keep the Iroquois Indian
when the Governor of Virginia awarded a huge land tribes loyal to the British in the war, and the Indian chiefs were
grant to the Ohio Company. The Native Americans bribed with gifts, like guns. Another goal was to achieve greater
and their French supporters thought that they had colonial unity that could help them win against France. Benjamin
rights to the land so there were tensions. The fighting Franklin was the leading spirit of the Congress and he drew a
broke out when the British tried to eject the French famous cartoon of a separated snake representing colonies.
from their forts. - fragmented snake (live or die) colonies see themselves
In the New World, Ohio became the main place where as more distinct colonies
disagreements between the French and British occured. There Benjamin Franklin came up with a plan and the delegates adopted
was a snapping point in 1749 when there were legal the plan but the individual colonies and the london regime did not.
disagreements relating to land ownership. In 1754, George Pontiac’s Uprising
Washington was sent to Ohio and Virginians fired the first The Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years War negatively
shots close to Fort Duquesne. The French fought back and impacted the Indians and the Ottawa chief Pontiac in 1763 led
Washington was forced to surrender. The British took action many tribes in a campaign to drive the British out of the Ohio
after this and the sides went back and forth for years. The Country. They had the help of a handful of French traders. In
Seven Years War was fought not only in America, but in Detroit, they overran all but three British posts west of the
Europe, the West Indies, Africa, the Philippines, and on the Appalachians and they killed around two thousand soldiers and
ocean. In Europe, Britain and Prussia were on one side against settlers. The British responded by distributing smallpox infected
France, Spain, Austria, and Russia. The French wasted strength blankets among the Indians and this ended the uprising. Pontiac
in the European struggle in Germany and they were not able to died and the British were motivated to stabilize relations with
throw adequate force into the New World. The British had western Indians.
some later defeats but ultimately took the lead and won the Causes of the uprising:
war. - The french were more pleasant to deal with so natives
Effects: were affected by britain's victory and the french being
The peace treaty at Paris in 1763 officially ended the war and kicked out. They no longer had an ally or trading partner
France was no longer a leading power in North America, in the area.
Britain was the dominant power. effects:
Also, see information to the left that discusses Pontiac’s - More distrust (natives vs. Britain)
Uprising and the Proc. of 1763.
, Proclamation of 1763
After the french and indian war and pontiac’s uprising Britain
wanted to have better relations with the indians to prevent
further conflict so they said that colonists could not settle west of
the appalachians because the territory was for the Indians. This
angered colonists because they didn’t get the territory they were
fighting for in the war. After a period of statutory neglect, the
colonies felt that britain couldn’t restrict them that much. The
colonists decided to disregard the proclamation and settled there
anyway, heightening tensions leading up to the American
Revolution.
7 →Mercantilism *sugar act was the first of its kind and was lowered after
It was a trading pattern that helped shape the 13 colonies. colonial protest. It extended the molasses act.
Triangle trade was prevalent and it was a feedback loop in a * The British tried to tax the colonies to gain more silver
way because colonies needed slaves to produce things like and gold and to pay for their war debt from the Seven
sugar and the more they produce these things the more they Years War (French and Indian War).
can sell them to Britain and get manufactured goods from Stamp Act
britain. Continuing cycle. Grenville imposed the Stamp Act in 1765 after facing backlash
Mercantilism was embraced by The British from the colonists from the previous two acts. This act raised
authorities and Mercantilists believed that revenues to support the new military force and it mandated the
wealth was power and that a country’s economic wealth could use of stamped paper or the affixing required on bills of sale for
be measured by the amount of gold/ silver in its treasury. To about fifty trade items as well as on certain types of commercial
do this, it needed to export more than it imported. and legal documents (playing cards, newspapers, marriage
→Increased British Taxation of Colonies licenses, etc.) The British people had had a heavier stamp tax for
The British began to impose regulations (navigation laws) two generations before, so they thought that the tax in the
because they wanted the colonies to trade only with Britain colonies was reasonable. Americans were angry because they
and no one else. thought that only their own elected colonial legislatures could tax
Important Trend them, not Britain. Britain said that the colonies were “virtually
Britain passed the Navigation Laws and later the Molasses represented” in parliament. Colonists said “no taxation without
Act. The Navigation Laws were designed to prevent American representation” and this was important to them.
trade with countries not ruled by the English crown. The Results:
Molasses Act was passed because the British West Indian - The Stamp Act Congress of 1765 brought together
planters wanted North American trade to stop with the French twenty-seven distinguished delegates from nine colonies,
West Indies. Americans (increasing in size/population) wanted in New York City. The members drew up a statement of
more British products, yet the slow growing british population their rights and grievances and wanted the Parliament
did not have enough room to absorbing more imports from and king to repeal the legislation. It boosted colonial
America. This resulted in a trade imbalance and colonists unity.
looked for foreign markets, which most likely angered Britain. - There was the adoption of nonimportation agreements
Other Important Acts to remember against British goods (boycotting), so homespun woolen
Quartering Act-housing soldiers garments were made by Americans. There were slight
The Declaratory Act- Britain could make laws for the colonies changes in the colonies so that
in all cases whatsoever. they could make their own goods and not have to rely on
Townshend Acts-There was a light import duty on glass, white Britain for everything. This spontaneously united the
lead, paper, paint, and American people. American men and women had new
tea. This tax was an indirect customs duty payable at opportunities to participate in colonial protests and the
American ports. support for non importation spread. Petitions were
- Boston Massacre after colonists turn to smuggled tea signed and colonists swore that they would uphold the
after this act boycott plan.
- Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
Other thing to note: Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party with a series of
Samuel Adams was sensitive to infractions of acts in 1774, specifically designed to
