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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Committees of Correspondence Formed | organized by patriot leader Samuel Adams, was a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies, provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to Parliament. |
| Tea Act | 1773-Tea Act Passed Townshend Acts had been repealed in 1770-EXCEPT for tax on tea Attempt to help East India Tea company-allowed to sell directly to colonists (tea price is lowered) Colonists upset-felt being forced to buy tea from British merchants (violated their right for free trade) |
| Boston Tea Party | Dec. 16, 1773- 342 chests of tea dumped into Boston Harbor (Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians;British saw tea party as an act of rebellion-vowed to punish Boston |
| Intolerable Acts | March 31, 1774 Punishment for Boston Tea Party 1. Closed Boston Port 2. no town meeting in Massachusetts 3. Customs officials will be trialed in England not Mass. 4. Quartering Act-have to house British soldiers |
| First Continental Congress | September 5-October 26, 1774- Gathered in response to Intolerable Acts 56 delegates met in Philadelphia (every colony represented but Georgia) Adopted resolution opposing Intolerable Acts: boycott British goods + form a militia in each colony |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | • April 19, 1775 : Lexington Green o Unordered firing left 8 Minutemen dead • Concord: Stand-off at Concord North Bridge - 300-400 minutemen turned British back • Minutemen Tactics: fire from hiding positions • Surprising Outcome: British = 73 dead 174 wounded |
| Thomas Paine's Common Sense | Propaganda written to encourage colonists to revolt against Britain written by Thomas Paine |
| 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 |
| Loyalists | Aka Tories (singl. tory); people who follow and are loyal(hence the term loyal-ists) to the british |
| Minutemen | Were members of teams of select men from the American colonial partisan militia |
| Patriots | Aka Whigs; people considered disloyal to the british |
| Sam Adams | American Revolutionary leader and patriot; leader of the Sons of liberty |
| John Adams | 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826) and lawyer |
| John Locke | believed all people have a right to life, liberty, and property |
| "No taxation without representation" | was the rally cry about the Stamp Act |
| Slogans | Join or Die No Taxation without representation "tis time to part" |
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