Road to the American Revolution (new terms added)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 salutary neglect | Great Britain's decision to not interfere in her colony's affairs and allow them to set up their own colonial governments |
| French and Indian War | conflict fought in America between French and English, also known as the Seven Year's War in Europe |
| Albany Plan of Union | a plan for permanent unification amongst the colonies |
| Proclamation Act of 1763 | Act passed by England prohibiting colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Stamp Act of 1765 | Law placing a tax on all printed material in the colonies, including, but not limited to, stamps, legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, etc (with date) |
| Sugar Act of 1764 | Law that modified the 1733 Molasses Act thus reducing the amount of taxes collected on molasses and sugar, but increasing the measures to enforce the Act (with date) |
| Sons of Liberty | A radical political organization formed after the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used poth peaceful and violent means of protest |
| Declaratory Act of 1766 | this Act repealed the Stamp Act, but stated that Great Britain can rule the colonies anyway she sees fit (with date) |
| Tea Act of 1773 | Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party (with date) |
| Boston Massacre | a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. |
| Committee of Correspondence | colonial organization organized in 1770 to spread news of Great Britain's actions and acts throughout the colonies |
| Olive Branch Petition | final peace offer sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III |
| Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
| First Continental Congress | Delagates from all colonies except georgia met to discuss problems with britain and to promote independence |
| Second Continental Congress | met in 1776 organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the comittee to draft the Declaration of Independence |
| Declaration of Independence | the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain |
| Thomas Hutchinson | lieutenant governor of the Massachusetts colony who upheld the stamp act |
| nonimportation agreements | promising not to buy or import British goods |
| Samuel Adams | leader of the sons of libery |
| Pontiac | chief of the Ottawa tribe |
| Neolin | Delaware prophet |
| George Grenville | replaced Pitt (first time) |
| Quartering Act of 1765 | required colonists to house and fee British troops (with date) |
| John Hancock | President of the first continental congress |
| Boston Tea Party | event in response for Britain not taking back their 3 shiploads of tea |
| Coercive Act of 1774 | Act passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party (official British name with date) |
| Port Bill | Part of the Intolerable Act where port of Boston was closed until colonist paid for destroyed tea |
| Government Act | Part of the Intolerable Act where Massachusetts Charter was revoked |
| Administration of Justice Act | Part of the Intolerable Act where royal officials of Massachusetts were tried in Britain or other colonies |
| Quebec Act of 1774 | granted full religious freedom to French Roman Catholics and overrides claims to western lands (with date) |
| John Dickinson | Wrote Olive Branch Petition |
| Hessians | mercenaries sent in response to the Olive Branch Petition |
| the people | "king" in a free country according to Thomas Paine |
| Lord North | Prime minister in 1770 |
| Crispus Attucks | African American shot in Boston Massacre |
| Captain Preston | Captain of the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre |
| Lexington and Concord | event where British was sent to capture Adams and Hancock and to seize rebel military supply |
| james otis | Massachusetts delegate in the Stamp Act congress that quoted the phrase "No taxation without representation" |
| Midnight ride | Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott were part of this event |
| Hugh Montgomery | British solider assaulted in the Boston Massacre |
| John Lock | Inspired Thomas Jefferson in the belief that the government could only exist with the consent of the people |
| Richard Henry Lee | introduced a resolution in the second continental congress which was to establish a confederation of the states |
| Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman | Beside Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams, these two people also helped draft the declaration |
| New York | colony that was not sure about agreeing to the declaration at first due to large amounts of loyalists |
| slavery | topic not included in the declaration of independence due to the northern and southern colonies |
| Thomas Paine | Author of Common Sense |
| Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness | The unalienable rights |
| Patrick Henry | quoted "Give me liberty or give me death" |
| Declaration of Resolves | final resolution in the first continental congress |
| townshend acts of 1767 | taxes on common items such as tea, lead, glass, and dyes. Great Britain now payed the governors and judges of Massachussets (with date) |
| Pontiac's rebellion | this rebellion started because colonists broke treaties with indians, encroached on their land, and treated them differently than the French |
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