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road to revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| proclimation of 1763 | was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade |
| quartering act | cost saving measure that required the colonies to quarter or house british soldiers |
| stamp act | is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. |
| townshend acts | were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. |
| boston massacure | March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. |
| tea act | to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company |
| boston tea party | colonists dumped tea into the harbor to protest high taxes |
| intolerable acts | a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Massachusetts after the Boston Tea party. |
| 1st continental congress | convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present) that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| battle of lexington and concord | were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. |
| common sence | a pamphlet to convince many americans to break from britan |
| 2nd continental congress | a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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