This assignment requires that I provide the correct identification (name/term/phrase) for the following descriptions:
1. The basic economic and political theory by which 17th and 18th century European powers governed their overseas colonies.
2. The set of Parliamentary laws, first passed in 1650, that restricted colonial trade and directed it to the benefit of Britain.
Mercantilism.
3. Underground networks of communication and propaganda, established by Samuel Adams, that sustained colonial resistance.
4. German mercenaries hired by George III to fight the American revolutionaries.
5. Effective organization created by the First Continental Congress to provide a total, unified boycott of all British goods.
6. Act of Parliament that established a light, indirect tax on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
7. Prime Minister Grenville's theory that every member of Parliament represented ALL British subjects (including American colonists.)
8. The group of patriots formed in opposition to the Stamp Act---they tried to enforce non importation of British goods, sometimes resorting to violence.
9. Author of the influential pamphlet, "Common Sense"
10. Parliament's response to the Boston Tea Party was to pass these coercive measures.
11. After this significant "turning point" battle in 1777, France decided to openly assist America.
12. British general who surrendered his forces at Yorktown.
13. The document that provided a lengthy explanation and justification of Richard Henry Lee's resolution that was passed by Congress on July 2, 1776.
14. Site where the shot was fired that was "heard round the world."
15. America's naval forces consisted largely of "legalized pirates" known as________________.
I got answers for most of them, but I'm not sure if they're correct or not.
1. The basic economic and political theory by which 17th and 18th century European powers governed their overseas colonies.
2. The set of Parliamentary laws, first passed in 1650, that restricted colonial trade and directed it to the benefit of Britain.
Mercantilism.
3. Underground networks of communication and propaganda, established by Samuel Adams, that sustained colonial resistance.
4. German mercenaries hired by George III to fight the American revolutionaries.
5. Effective organization created by the First Continental Congress to provide a total, unified boycott of all British goods.
6. Act of Parliament that established a light, indirect tax on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
7. Prime Minister Grenville's theory that every member of Parliament represented ALL British subjects (including American colonists.)
8. The group of patriots formed in opposition to the Stamp Act---they tried to enforce non importation of British goods, sometimes resorting to violence.
9. Author of the influential pamphlet, "Common Sense"
10. Parliament's response to the Boston Tea Party was to pass these coercive measures.
11. After this significant "turning point" battle in 1777, France decided to openly assist America.
12. British general who surrendered his forces at Yorktown.
13. The document that provided a lengthy explanation and justification of Richard Henry Lee's resolution that was passed by Congress on July 2, 1776.
14. Site where the shot was fired that was "heard round the world."
15. America's naval forces consisted largely of "legalized pirates" known as________________.
I got answers for most of them, but I'm not sure if they're correct or not.
