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Road to Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Patrick Henry (Virginia politician) | “Give me liberty or give me death!” |
| James Otis (Massachusetts politician) | “No Taxation Without Representation!” |
| Virtual Representation | the idea that Parliament virtually represents all British subjects and have the right to speak for them, rather than people in districts elected officials to speak on their behalf |
| Sons of Liberty | group of American patriots who used “terroristic methods” in the fight for their rights |
| Daughters of Liberty | colonial women who boycotted British goods |
| Stamp Act Congress (1765) | 9 colonies met in NYC |
| Non-Importation Agreements | Colonial attempt to boycott British goods to force political rights and recognition |
| Townshend Acts (1767) | 3 separate acts .. *named after Minister of Finance Charles Townshend* *eventually repealed by Lord North in 1770; BUT kept small tax on tea as a symbol of Parliament’s right to tax the colonies* |
| Writs of Assistance | part of Townshend Acts) -British could unreasonably search and seize colonial goods and property |
| John Dickinson | “Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer” – pamphlet that states Britain can regulate commerce BUT NOT tax colonies without representation |
| John Hancock | famous & wealthy shipowner and smuggler who used his $ to fund the Sons of Liberty -famous for his signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| Sam Adams | failed businessman turned leader of the Sons of Liberty; 1st cousin to John Adams |
| Boston “Massacre” (March 5th, 1770) | 1st bloodshed of the revolution |
| Paul Revere (from Boston) | Sons of Liberty member; Silversmith by trade (also amateur engraver & dentist); famous for his “Midnight Ride” and Boston Massacre engraving |
| Lord North | British Prime Minister whom is in power when England loses the colonies |
| Committees of Correspondence (starts 1772) | secretive/shadow governments set up in Massachusetts to talk about the British … Virginia’s House of Burgesses makes it inter-colonial (1773) |
| The Gaspee (June 9th, 1772) | British customs/trade ship (schooner) that is looted (robbed) and burned off the coast of Rhode Island |
| Boston Tea Party (Dec. 16th, 1773) | vent where the Sons of Liberty overthrew all British tea in the Boston Harbor *dressed as Mohawk Indians*; thousands watched and cheered on the docks -direct cause/result of the Tea Act of 1773 -effect: Coercive Acts (in particular: Boston Port Act) |
| Intolerable Acts (1774) | Colonists name for the Coercive (4) & Quebec Acts (3 parts) |
| Thomas Gage | British royal governor of Massachusetts and main general for British @ the start of the war; orders capturing weapons from Lexington & Concord |
| 1st Continental Congress (Sept. 1774) | Philadelphia) Group of colonial delegates petition King George III of grievances: a. Boycott all British goods, Call up colonial militias, Reaffirms allegiance to Britain *12 of 13 colonies show up (Georgia does not) |
| Minute Men | colonial militiamen ready to fight in a short notice |
| Militia | local town men who are prepared to defend their territory |
| Lexington & Concord (April 19th, 1775) | 1st military engagements of the Revolutionary War -“The shot(s) heard around the world” |
| 2nd Continental Congress (May 10th, 1775 | … met until March 1st, 1781) (Philadelphia) – attempt by colonists to form a government |
| Breed’s Hill (June 17, 1775) (Bunker Hill) | 1st “official” battle of the Revolutionary War in Boston (misnamed Bunker Hill) |
| Olive Branch Petition (adopted July 5th, 1775; by Aug. 1775 Britain declared the colonies to be in rebellion) | Last colonial attempt to stop war with Britain; -it is rejected by King George III = war is inevitable |
| Benedict Arnold | Colonial general who turns sides after being rejected for a promotion (turncoat/traitor) |
| . Thomas Paine (Common Sense published 1/10/1776) | author of pro-independence pamphlets Common Sense and The Crisis |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boys who helped take Fort Ticonderoga from the British |
| Thomas Jefferson | Main author of the Declaration of Independence (w/ John Adams & Ben Franklin) and diplomat to France during the war |
| Patriots | Pro-independence colonists -made up 40-50% of colonists; mostly in New England and Virginia |
| Loyalists/Tories | anti-independence and pro-British king colonists -made up 20-30% of colonists; mostly in NY, NJ, and deep South |
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