| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Attorney | John Adams original job |
| March 1770 | Month and year of the massacre |
| Boycott | Refusal to buy or handle goods as a punishment or protest. |
| Virginia | George Washingtons' birth colony |
| Continental Army | Army of colonists led by George Washington |
| Second Continental Congress | May 10th 1775. Hoped to avoid war. Included the Olive Branch Petition. |
| Olive Branch Petition | Sent to King George III declaring loyalty. asking to repeal intolerable acts. King was outraged and sent out 20,000 more troops. |
| Common Sense | Pamphlet telling the colonists that they should break free from England |
| Albany Plan of Union | Proposal by Ben Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies |
| Sam Adams | Began the Committees of Correspondence and led the Boston Tea Party. |
| George Greenville | Taxed the colonists on a dare. British prime minister/loyalist |
| John Adams | Defended soldiers when they fired into a mob of colonists at the Boston Massacre |
| Patriot | A group made up of colonists who wanted to break away from England |
| Crispus Attucks | First person to be killed in the BOSTON MASSACRE |
| Loyalist | A group made up of colonists who wanted to stay loyal to the King of England. |
| Paul Revere | Was one of the people who rode to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists of the British coming. |
| Charles Townshend | Created the TOWNSHEND acts, said "I dare tax the americans" |
| Writs of Assistance | Legal documents saying officers would be allowed to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason. |
| First Continental Congress | Influenced from Intolerable Acts. 1774. Sent 12 delegates except Georgia . Boycotted British goods until act is repealed. Began setting up militias. |
| Intolerable Acts | Also known as "coercive" acts |
| Minutemen | Colonial volunteers who kept muskets ready at a moment's notice |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Drew imaginary line along App. Mountains. Created to protect Native lands. Angered colonists because they weren't allowed to move west of the line |
| Tea Act | Allowed British East India company to sell tea directly to colonists, no middleman. Tea would actually cost less for the colonies but they still pay tax. Colonists furious. |
| Treaty of Paris | Treaty that ended the French and Indian War |
| Petition | a formal written request to someone of authority, signed by a group of people |
| 1775–1783 | Years of the Revolutionary War-You probably have to know this, so you should know it anyway |
| 1754–1763 | Years of the French and Indian War-Yes, you definitely have to know this. I promise you it will be on the test. |
| Mercantilism | Concept which says that colonies are expected to serve the mother country. |
| Committee of Correspondence | Began by Samuel Adams. Sent a letter-writing campaign. Wrote letters/ pamphlets to other colonies on events in Mass. Became a tool of protest. |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | The FULL NAME of the person who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride" |
| War of the Conquest | The French and Indian War AS KNOWN IN CANADA!!! |
| The Seven Year War | The French and Indian War AS KNOWN IN ENGLAND!!! |
| Everything east of the Mississippi and Canada | Land that Britain received after the F.I war |
| New Orleans and Louisiana | Land that Spain received after the F.I. war |
| 1763 | Year of the treaty of paris |
| Nothing | Land that France received after the F.I war |
| Gentry | Upper Class |
| Triangle trade | A plan of trade that goes in a triangle formation |
| Stamp Act | Act that taxed goods such as paper, wedding certificates, and playing cards |
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