Mercyb US History Unit 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 French and Indian War | war fought between France and England in the 1750s over territorial claims in North America |
| Sons of Liberty | Secret societies formed to protest new taxes passed by Parliament. Led the Boston Tea Party and threatened tax collectors. |
| Stamp Act | A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies |
| Boston Tea Party | protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped british tea into boston harbor |
| Lexington and Concord | The first battle of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts. |
| Declaratory Act | this 1766 Act repealed the Stamp Act, but stated that Great Britain can rule the colonies anyway she sees fit |
| Townshend Acts | laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British |
| Common Sense | a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation |
| Minute Men | well trained volunteer soldiers who defended the amerivan colonies against the british at a minutes notice |
| Committees of Correspondence | organized network for passing along news of British activity to the colonies |
| Republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| Tariff | tax on imported goods |
| Shay's Rebellion | A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes |
| Boston Massacre | The first bloodshed of the Amercan Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five americans |
| Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence. |
| John Adams | America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, |
| Great (Connecticut) Compromise | plan to have a popularly elected House based on State population and a state selected Senate, with two members for each State |
| Three fifths Compromise | agreement at the constitutional Convention that 3/5 of the slaves in any state be counted in its population |
| Hamilton | United States statesman and leader of the Federalists |
| Jefferson | Author of the Declaration of Independence - and believer in individual and states rights |
| Central Government | a government that acts for all the states within the country |
| Articles of Confederation | the document that created the first central government for the United States; it was replaced by the Constitution in 1789 |
| Federalism | a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments |
| Continental Congress | the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution |
| Olive Branch Petition | An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll |
| Patriots | American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War |
| Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
| Thomas Paine | author of Common Sense |
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