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Road to Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stamp Act | An act that taxed newspapers, licenses, and colonial paper products |
| Proclamation of 1763 | This came from King George III and made it illegal for colonists to settle west of the Appalachians in an attempt to protect the colonists from Indian attacks |
| Townshend Acts | A series of laws passed by Parliament in order to raise revenue and included taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea |
| Loyalist | A colonist who supported the British cause |
| repeal | To take back or cancel a law |
| Boston Massacre | A brawl between the British soldiers and Boston colonists that killed 5 colonists |
| “Taxation without Representation” | An anti-British slogan that showed resentment of colonists because of the taxes enforced by Parliament without any colonists’ say |
| boycott | To refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source |
| Committees of Correspondence | Created to help towns and colonies share information about resisting British laws |
| Quartering Act | A cost-savings measure requiring the colonies to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies |
| Tea Act | An act making tea cheaper, but put a monopoly on a certain type of tea eventually causing the Boston Tea Party |
| Continental Congress | A convention of delegates called together from the thirteen colonies that became the governing body |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of laws passed by Parliament to punish the Massachusetts colony and serve as a warning to other colonies |
| Battles of Lexington/Concord | These signaled the start of the American Revolution |
| Sons of Liberty | A secret society formed to rebel against British enforced acts/taxes that sometimes used violence to frighten Loyalists and tax collectors |
| Patriot | A colonist who wanted the American colonies to gain their independence from Britain |
| minutemen | Groups of militia ready at a “moment’s notice” |
| Common Sense | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that called for the United States to declare independence from Britain immediately |
| Declaration of Independence | Formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain |
| George Washington | Leader of the Continental Army |
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