| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Virtual Representation | parliament acts on behalf of the colonists, they are in effect represented in congress |
| Stamp Act Congress | declared the Stamp Act a violation of their rights |
| non consumption / non importation | used in the colonies; would not consume/import colonial goods |
| homespun | women made clothes at home rather than buying British cloth or clothes |
| the Sons of Liberty | a mix of men around the colonies who formed in response to the Stamp Act; they used pamphlet literature |
| Declaratory Act | parliament insisted it does govern the colonies and has full power and authority over them |
| Townsend Acts | established customs officials in Boston to make sure taxes were collected ; import duties on lead, paint, glass, paper, tea (repealed in 1770) |
| Massacre on King Street | aka the "Boston Massacre" - altercation between colonists and british soldiers; event is a display of British military power - British depicted as violent, tyrannical, unjust |
| tea act | symbolic - repealed Stamp Act, repeal Townsend; non importation agreements break down ; resulted in the "Boston tea party" |
| First Continental Congress | meets in 1774 and enacts anti luxury resolutions and colony wide non importation agreements (all colonies except GA meet in Philadelphia) |
| Second Continental Congress | meets in May 1775 in the wake of Lexington and Concord; delegates issue the Olive Branch petition, but the king declares the colonies in open rebellion |
| Common Sense | written by Thomas Paine (1776) attacked monarchical system closes with a feeling of the time is now; it sells 100,000+ copies |
| The Declaration of Independence | list of grievances about the King/Parliament declaration of independence to the king and the world (written by TJ, adopted in 1776) asserts natural rights |
| American Paradox | america is fighting for freedom, equality, inalienable rights, yet they conveniently leave out Native Americans and the Slaves |
| Gradual Emancipation | 1780 - creates a free black population in the north; free children of adult slaves when they reach adulthood |
| Ladies Association | women formed a group in Philadelphia, and went door to door collecting money for the Continental army |
| Deputy Husbands | since men were often away at war, women became temporary heads of their households |
| Battle of Saratoga | important because in the wake of this NECESSARY victory, France enters the war |
| Articles of Confederation | league of firm friendship among the states, no executive just a congress, unanimity required to amend the articles - ineffective government |
| republicanism | a set of ideas going back to ancient rome - gov should be small, homogeneous, unanimity of interests, work for public good |
| Shay's rebellion | 1786 MA uprising, the first test of the ineffective government |
| Vices of the Political System | James Madison's attempt to re think the government |
| The Great Compromise | bicameral legislature |
| Apportionment Clause | the 3/5ths compromise slaves counted as 3/5 a person |
| Federalists | support the constitution, enlarge gov to ensure variety, broad constructionists |
| Anti-Federalists | believe large complex gov are tyrannical and dont care about local concerns, wanted statement of protection of rights |
| Bill of Rights | list of rights that protected individual freedoms |
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