US History American Pageant Ch. 7
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Patrick Henry | A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies. |
| Virginia Resolves | Formal statements of the House of Burgesses protesting the Stamp Act in 1765. "No taxation without representation." |
| Stamp Act Congress | Group of colonists who protested the Stamp Act, saying that Parliament couldn't tax without the consent of the govered. |
| Sons of Liberty | Secret societies formed to protest new taxes passed by Parliament. Led the Boston Tea Party and threatened tax collectors. |
| Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty and was one of the most vocal patriots for independence. He signed the Declaration of Independence. |
| Declaratory Act | Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases. |
| Quartering Act | An act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists. |
| Townshend Acts | A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea. |
| 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. |
| Crispus Attucks | A free black man who was the first person killed in the Revolution at the Boston Massacre. |
| Massachusetts Circular Letter | Written by Samuel Adams in response to the Townshend Acts that invited the people of Massachusetts to "maintain the liberties of America." |
| John Adams | America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not to be restrained." |
| Actual Representation | The practice whereby elected representatives normally reside in their districts and are directly responsive to local interests. |
| Virtual Representation | British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members. |
| John Dickinson | Conservative leader who wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania." He advocated for colonial rights but urged conciliation with England and opposed the Declaration of Independence. Later, he helped write the Articles of Confederation. |
| Gaspee Incident | Occurred to protest enforcement of Navigation Acts. Residents of Rhode Island boarded Gaspee (British ship) and sank it. No trial held in US as it was sent to England. |
| Tea Act | Placed a tax on tea and cut colonial merchants out of the tea trade. |
| Daughters of Liberty | An organization formed by women prior to the American Revolution. They got together to protest treatment of the colonies by their British Rulers. |
| Non-Importation Agreement | An agreement that pledged not to import or use goods imported from great britain. |
| Boston Tea Party | Demonstration by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor. |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British. |
| Quebec Act | Signed in 1774, intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed. |
| First Continental Congress | Delagates from all colonies except georgia met to discuss problems with britain and to promote independence. |
| Committees of Correspondence | Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. |
| Minutemen | Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in a minute. |
| 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. |
| Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania | A declaration of rights at the Stamp Act Congress. It argued against the duties of the Townshend acts in this publication. |
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