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Ch. 11-12 Revolution
This stack is to prepare for the test on Ch. 12-13 American Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assembly | law making bodies on Parliament |
| town meeting | earliest form of self-government in the US |
| militia | a force made up of volunteer soldiers |
| delegate | member of the assembly had to be an adult white male |
| Thomas Jefferson | elected official of Virginia House of Burgess He was also the drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the second president |
| John Adams | The third president, a lawyer who was elected to the Massachusetts assembly in 1770. |
| John Paul Zenger | a German immigrant who printed stories against the royal government he was jailed for his publishing these stories. |
| Phillis Wheatley | an African American and slave who wrote poems about freeing the slaves |
| Williamsburg | the capital of Virginia where the House of Burgesses met. |
| liberty | it means freedom to govern yourself |
| rebel | to refuse to obey those in charge because of different ideas about what is right |
| Stamp Act of 1765 | British Law placing taxes on the colonies every time they bought a newspaper or signed a legal document |
| Patrick Henry | a burgess who spoke out against the stamp act |
| treason | the betrayal of one's country by giving help to its enemies |
| Sons of Liberty | groups that organized protests against the British |
| Sam Adams | wrote articles for Boston newspapers attacking the Stamp Act |
| repealed | means to cancel |
| Townshend Acts | a tax that made colonists pay taxes on tea and any other import from Britain |
| boycott | refuse to buy something |
| Crispus Attucks | a former slave who was one of the colonist killed at the Boston Massacre |
| Committees of Correspondence | groups of colonists who held meetings to inform colonists about important events. |
| Boston Tea Party | major protest against the British colonists dumped 342 cases into the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | the laws passed by the British that order the colonist to pay for the wasted tea and ordered the colonist to feed and house the British soldiers |
| political cartoon | expression of opinions about people, events, or issues by drawings in newspapers/magazines |
| First Continental Congress | colonial delegates who met in 1774 in Philadelphia to oppose the Intolerable Acts |
| petition | written request signed by many people |
| minutemen | soldiers who had to be ready at a minute's notice |
| American Revolution | the sudden, violent rebellion against the British in the colonies |
| Lexington and Concord | first battles of the American Revolution |
| John Hancock | a leading Boston patriot who signed the Declaration of Independence in large letters |
| Paul Revere | a silversmith and patriot who is famous for warning the colonists the British were coming to attack Concord |
| William Dawes | he helped Paul Revere spread the word that the British were attacking Concord |
| John Parker | led the militia against the British at Lexington |
| Patrick Henry | a Virginian whose fiery speeches convinced the House of Burgesses that a final break with Britain was near. "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" |
| Ethan Allen | led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticondergoga |
| Fort Ticonderoga | a main British supply post captured by the colonists |
| Israel Putnam | led the colonists at Bunker Hill He is famous for ordering the command, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | the site near Charlestown where the British were defeated and lost a 1,000 soldiers. |
| Second Continental Congress | met in 1775 to discuss the battle plan against the British |
| Thomas Paine | he wrote Common Sense that stated the colonists owed no loyalty to the British king |
| William Howe | British General who refused to leave Boston. He was forced out by Henry Knox and the colonial army |
| Continental Army | the army created by the colonists to fight the British |
| traitor | someone who turns against their country |
| Declaration of Independence | drafted by Thomas Jefferson it is the official document signed July 4th 1776 explaining why the american colonies broke from Britian |
| Monticello | home of Thomas Jefferson |
| John Locke | his writings influenced Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence |
| loyalists | people who remained loyal to the British |
| mercenaries | hired soldiers payed to fight in wars |
| Patriots | the group of Americans who supported the fight against the British |
| Mount Vernon | George Washington's home in Virginia |
| Trenton | battle where Washington crossed the Delaware and surprised the British A great victory for the Continental Army |
| Valley Forge | the place where Washington set up camp during the harsh winter of 1777-78 |
| John Paul Jones | american sea captain he was the first naval hero |
| Benedict Arnold | helped win battles at Saratoga and Fort Ticonderoga He later became a traitor who fought for the British |
| Mary Ludwig Hays | helped troops by bringing water and load cannons "Molly Pitcher" |
| Haym Salomon | Jewish spy for the Patriots |
| Charles Cornwallis | led the last stand for the British at Yorktown, Virginia |
| Treaty of Paris | this ended the American Revolution in 1783 The British recognized the independence of the United States |
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