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Vocabulary 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| revolution | to act against your government in order to overthrow it, sudden change |
| Albany Plan of Union | a plan, proposed by Benjamin Franklin, to unite the colonies for protection during the French and Indian War, not adopted by the colonies |
| First Great Awakening | a religious movement that swept through the colonies during the 1730s and 1740s, encouraged people to be responsible for their choices, preached equality and the right to challenge authority |
| propaganda | using exaggeration of events to manipulate people's opinion, the Boston Massacre was used as propaganda |
| boycott | to refuse to buy a product as a form of protest, the Stamp Act protests were successful boycotts |
| Sons of Liberty | group of colonists that took action against British policies, responsible for the Boston Tea Party, Samuel Adams and John Hancock were the main leaders |
| Continental Army | created by the Second Continental Congress to fight the war of independence against the British, George Washington was the commander |
| unalienable rights | the rights given by God to humans, cannot be taken away by government, first described by John Locke and then included in the Declaration of Independence |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting of delegates from several colonies that created the Continental Army and wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| delegates | people chosen to represent a community at an important meeting |
| Committees of Correspondence | groups created to spread information throughout the colonies about the activities of the British and the patriots, Wentworth Cheswell relayed messages for them |
| Common Sense | a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued for independence, made many people become patriots |
| Patriot | a colonist that wanted independence from Great Britain |
| Loyalist | a colonist that wanted to remain part of Great Britain |
| militia | a volunteer member of an army that fought against the British, an example were the Minutemen at Lexington and Concord |
| King George III | King and ruler of Great Britain (England) |
| Writs of Assistance | documents that allowed British officials to search for illegal goods, usually required very little evidence to get, were part of the Townshend Acts |
| "shot heard 'round the world" | the Battles of Lexington and Concord are considered the first fights for the rights of the citizen |
| declaration | a formal agreement |
| independence | to be completely free from |
| unalienable | cannot be separated from |
| Declaration of Independence | adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, written by Thomas Jefferson with the help of Ben Franklin and John Adams, based on the ideas of John Locke |
| Samuel Adams | organized the Sons of Liberty and its boycotts, helped lead the Boston Tea Party |
| Wentworth Cheswell | messenger that helped spread the word between the colonies about British actions, worked for the Committees of Correspondence |
| Ben Franklin | tried to organize the colonies during the French and Indian War, supported the patriot cause , helped by contributing ideas to the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Paine | author that wrote Common Sense and The Crisis, helped convince many to side with the Patriots during the war and kept many soldiers in the army during Valley Forge |
| Mercy Otis Warren | American playwright, considered an historian of the American Revolution |
| John Adams | supported the Patriot cause, defended the soldiers accused during the Boston Massacre to show that Americans believed in justice |
| Crispus Attucks | Free African American dockworker killed during the Boston Massacre |
| Patrick Henry | leader in the House of Burgesses, called for supporting Massachusetts against the British |
| Thomas Jefferson | main author of the Declaration of Independence, included Locke's ideas of unalienable rights |
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