DORDY JOASSAINT
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· Pontiac's Rebellion- 1763-66, Native American uprising against the British at the end of the FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS, so called after one of its leaders, PONTIAC, chief of the OTTAWA. Angry at the British for fortifying and settling Native American lands, the Ottawa and allied tribes terrorized white settlers in western Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia but failed to seize British forts at Detroit and Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh). After some of his strongest allies sued for peace,Pontiacsigned a peace treaty and was pardoned.
· Proclamation of 1763-sought to halt the expansion of colonists west of the Allegheny Mountains
· Sugar act-caused alarm in the American colonies, partly because of the expected economic
disadvantages, but also because of a number of other reasons, one of the most important being the severe
implementation by the navy. Added to this was a general post-war depression and the enactment of
another act prohibiting the use of paper money as legal tender
· Duty-
· Stamp Act-An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British
colonies and plantations in; America, towards further defraying the expenses of
defending, protecting, and securing the same; and for amending such parts of the
several acts of parliament relating to the trade and revenues of the said colonies and
plantations, as direct the manner of determining and recovering the penalties and
forfeitures therein mentioned.
· nonimportant agreements-
· Sons of Liberty-secret organizations formed in the American
colonies in protest against the Stamp Act (1765).
· Samuel Adams-born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 27, 1722. He was a leader of the fight against British colonial rule, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was a cousin of John Adams who became President of the United States. born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 27, 1722. He was a leader of the fight against
British colonial rule, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was a cousin of John Adams who became President of the United States.
· Stamp Act-the first direct tax imposed by Britain on its American colonies. To help
cover the cost of maintaining troops in the colonies, Parliament levied a tax on legal and commercial documents as well as printed material such as newspapers and pamphlets, all of which had to carry a special stamp. The act took effect in November 1765. Americans, who did not elect members of Parliament, opposed the act not only because of their inability to pay the tax, but also because it violated the newly enunciated principle of "No taxation without representation." This measure aroused the grievances of the colonists, and their concerted action in response paved the way for the American Revolution.
· Congress-
· Declaratory Act-AN ACT FOR THE BETTER SECURING THE DEPENDENCY OF HIS
MAJESTY'S DOMINIONS IN AMERICA UPON THE CROWN AND
PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN