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History 12 week asmt
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| How many colonies? | 13 |
| Mayflower Compact | Game plan put together by the pilgrims as they set ashore. Found out the why and covenent |
| Key result of French and Indian War | Great Britain had a big debt that needed to be paid, so they taxed colonists |
| Writs of Assistance | Authorized British officers to inspect cargo without permission |
| Samual Adams | Organized the Sons of Liberty Group |
| Sons of Liberty | Group set up to protest British polocies |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death" |
| Common Sense | A booklet written by Thomas Paine that had ideas that influenced colonists to be independent from Britain |
| First Continental Congress | 1.) Don't buy British goods 2.) Don't sell to British 3.) States ordered to form militias |
| Thomas Jefferson | Authorized declaration of Independence |
| 4 parts of declaration of independence | 1.) Preamble 2.) new idea for government 3.) Reasons for seperation 4.) Formal declaration of Independence (declaration upon God- divine providence) |