Chapter 5 Textbook Notes

Key Terms:
Acadians- descendants of French settlers of Northeastern North
America
Burgess
Broadside
Privateer- privately outfitted ships licensed by colonial
governments to attack enemy shipping
Boycott
Regulators
Effigy- monument or memorial
Homespun

Geography:
Ohio River
Paris
Rhode Island- Violent protests against the Stamp Act wracked RI.
Kim’s great, great, great, great, great grandfather, Stukely Westcott
was one of 13 people with Roger Williams who purchased
Providence, RI from the Narragansett Indians and founded the
Baptist Church there.
Ft. Duquesne
London
Philadelphia
Albany
Boston
North Carolina
I. The Climatic Seven Years’ War
a. War and the Management of Empire
Four times between 1689 and 1763, England and France
engaged in wars that had far-reaching effects on their
colonial governments in America.
Besides warmongering, the English Parliament designated
a long list of colonial exports that had to pass through
English ports before sale.
 b. Outbreak of Hostilities
c. Tribal Strategies
d. Consequences of the Seven Years’ War

II. The Crisis with England

a. Sugar, Currency, and Stamps
Sugar Act of 1764: increased the list of items that could
only be exported from the colonies via English ports.
Currency Act of 1764: Parliament prevented any of the
colonies from printing their own currency.
Stamp Act of 1765: Parliament imposed duties on a wide
range of items within the colonies such as playing cards,
legal documents, or college degrees.
Violent protests within the colonies followed.
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 but reserved
power to subjugate colonies to British law under the
Declaratory Act.
b. Stamp Act Riot
c. Gathering Storm Clouds
d. The Growing Rift

III. The Ideology of Revolutionary Republicanism

a. A Plot against Liberty
b. Revitalizing American Society

IV. The Turmoil of a Rebellious People

a. Urban People
b. Patriot Women
Patriot women facilitated meaningful boycotts of English
goods.

c. Protesting Farmers