Midterm Review Unit 3 "Causes of American Revolution"
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 King GEORGE III | ruled England during the time of the American Revolution |
| . Taxation without Representation | Reason why colonists were upset with England |
| James Otis | planted the seed of freedom in the minds of colonists; believed that using writs of assistance was illegal. |
| PATRICK HENRY | "give me liberty or give me death." |
| BOYCOTTING | Refusing to buy products from England |
| DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY | a colonial women's group, helped in this effort by encouraging the production of domestic goods such as colonial cloth and herbal tea. |
| DECLARATORY ACT | law stating that it still had supreme authority over the colonies. |
| WRITS OF ASSISTANCE. | blank search warrants that allowed British officials to enforce the Townshend Acts by searching for smuggled goods_ |
| SAM ADAMS | helped establish the Sons of Liberty. |
| BOSTON MASSACRE | 10. The events of March 5, 1770; Since only five people died, the event was exaggerated by Patriots like Paul Revere. |
| PROPAGANDA | exaggerating ideas for political gain or profit |
| JOHN ADAMS | defended the soldiers of the Boston Massacre; later was 2nd president of the U.S. |
| Tea Act | gave the British East India Company a monopoly over colonists. |
| BOSTON TEA PARTY | The Sons of Liberty protested the law by dressing as Indians throwing tea over board in Boston Harbor |
| INTOLERABLE ACTS | set of laws of King George III respondby punishing the colonists with the__ or Coercive Acts. These laws closed the port of Boston, gave the governor power to ban the committees of correspondence & disband colonial legislatures, allowed soldiers to be quartered in private homes, and allowed British officials accused of a crime to be tried in England Intolerable Acts, the |
| FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS | voted to ban all trade with Britain & began training a militia. |
| Paul Revere, William Dawes, & Samuel Prescott | 13. rode to warn the minutemen before the battle at Lexington and Concord |
| LEXINGTON | 14. The first shot of the revolution was fired at thIs town |
| NORTH BRIDGE | 15. The farmers defended this location in the city of Concordand drove the redcoats back to Boston. |
| LOYALISTS | those who opposed the revolution & sided with England & the king; another name for "Tory". |
| QUARTERING ACT | required colonists to provide soldiers with a place to stay and the supplies they needed. |
| PARLIAMENT | The lawmaking body in England |
| Stamp Act | In order to raise money to defend the colonies, the required a seal to be placed on newspapers, ads, and legal papers. |
| SONS OF LIBERTY | The secret society of lawyers, merchants & artisans, that boycotted and protested (both peaceful & violent) against England |
| BOYCOTT | was the colonists' most effective tool for getting the attention of the king and Parliament. The |
| REPEAL | withdrawal |
| COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE | group that helped communication among the colonists during the events leading to the Revolutionary War. |
| REDCOATS | British soldiers |
| CONCORD HYMN | The poet Emerson referred to the revolution as the shot heard "ROUND THE WORLD" in this poem. |
| PATRIOTS | 16. Those who supported independence |
| PARLIAMENT | similar to the U.S. Congress |
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