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Period 3 APUSH

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patrick henry
A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies.
stamp act congress
...27 delegates from nine of the colonies met from October 7 to 25, 1765 and wrote a Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies, a petition to the King and a petition to Parliament for the repeal of the Stamp Act
sons and daughters of liberty
Male and female organizations made up of a network of lawyers, merchants, tradesmen, and other townspeople organized colonial protests against British regulations.
john dickinson; "letters from..."
Lawyer and author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, an incredible popular pamphlet published in the colonies. Argued that Parliament could regulate colonial trade, but could not exercise that power to raise revenue.
samuel adams
Head of the Committee of Correspondence. Older leader of the American resistance. Prominent anti-British agitator known for stressing the need for prudent collective action. Former brewery owner, Boston tax collector, member and clerk of the Massachusetts assembly, ally of the Loyal Nine, and Son of Liberty.
james otis
a young lawyer in Boston, argued that colonists should not be taxed by Parliament because they could not vote for members of Parliament. "no taxation without colonist representation"
committees of correspondence
Committees of Correspondence, organized by patriot leader Samuel Adams, was a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. They provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to Parliament. The committees sent delegates to the First Continental Congress.
intolerable acts
1774; laws meant to punish Boston after the Tea Party; closed the harbor, created a police state, Quebec Act, and had to quarter troops in civilian homes. Passed by the British parliament.
george III
English monarch at the time of the revolution. He was the main opposition for the colonies due to his stubborn attitude and unwillingness to hear out colonial requests/grievances. King of England during the revolution.
salutary neglect
a long-standing British Policy in the 13 colonies which allowed the colonists to flout, or violate, the laws associated with trade.
american indians
Native Americans. Residents of North America prior to the arrival of the European immigrants who inhabited the colonies
Pontiac's rebellion
1763 Conflict between the Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great lakes area
proclamation of 1763
A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.
seven years war
(1756-1763 CE) Known also as the French and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English that proved the English to be the more dominant force of what was to be the United States both commercially and in terms of controlled regions.
albany plan of union (1754)
Plan that would have set up an intercolonial government and a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes. None of the colonies accepted it.
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