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Events to Rev War
Virginia Standards of Learning for US History to 1865 covering SOLs 5d, 6a
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| French and Indian War | a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes) |
| colonial legislatures | made laws in the colonies, but their decision could be vetoed by the colonial governors or the king |
| Tea Act of 1773 | colonists were required to buy all tea from Great Britain; tea was sold at a very low price but still had a small tax on it |
| colonial governors | enforced the law in the colonies, helping to maintain order in the colonies; could set aside any laws the colonial legislatures made |
| Proclamation of 1763 | a law passed by Parliament that said colonists could not move west beyond the Appalachian Mountains |
| Boston Massacre | British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them; five colonists killed |
| tax | extra money paid by the colonists that British Parliament imposed on them |
| Daughters of Liberty | a group of women that gathered together making clothing for the colonists as a way of protest |
| Lexington and Concord | British soldiers marched from Boston to this place hoping to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock and a stash of weapons; first shots of Rev War fired here |
| boycott | a refusal to buy British goods/services |
| Intolerable Acts | after the Boston Tea Party, as punishment to Bostonians, Boston Harbor was shut down and the people of Boston could not hold town meetings |
| Second Continental Congress | George Washington became Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Colonists made one last attempt at peace with Britain by sending the Olive Branch Petition to King George III. |
| repeal | to cancel or take back and act or law |
| Committees of Correspondence | groups of people in the the colonies who communicated through letters informing one another of British and colonial actions |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | first real battle of the Revolutionary War; British succeeded in driving away the colonial army, but lost many more soldiers than the colonists |
| First Continental Congress | men from all colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia and agreed to stop all trade with Great Britain |
| Declaration of Independence | Second Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain; committee chose Thomas Jefferson to do the writing of this document |
| Sons of Liberty | a group of colonial men that organized protests and boycotts with the hope that taxes would be repealed (taken back) |
| petition | letters to the British government protesting taxation without representation |
| Boston Tea Party (1773) | Sons of Liberty including Paul Revere and Samuel Adams led the colonists in dumping British tea into Boston Harbor |
| Stamp Act | taxed paper products in the colonies such as newspapers and legal documents |
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