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Unit 2 SOL Review
Revolutionary War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Proclamation of 1763 | ENGLISH LAW stating that COLONISTS COULD NOT SETTLE WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS |
| Stamp Act | British TAX ON ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS used in trade, banks and government |
| Boston Massacre | clash between BRITISH SOLDIERS AND AMERICANS in 1770 where 5 COLONISTS WERE KILLED |
| Tea & Sugar Act | British TAX ON SUGAR & TEA in the colonies |
| Boston Tea Party | DUMPING of 18,000 pounds of TEA IN BOSTON HARBOR by colonists in 1773 to PROTEST THE TEA ACT |
| Loyalists (Tories) | COLONISTS who supported and were LOYAL TO ENGLAND |
| Patriots (Rebels) | COLONISTS who SUPPORTED THE REVOLUTION & a new government for the United States |
| Enlightenment | 17TH & 18TH CENTURY INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENT that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as a means of getting knowledge |
| Inalienable Rights | RIGHTS ALL MEN ARE BORN WITH that the GOVERNMENT CANNOT TAKE AWAY |
| John Locke | Enlightenment philosopher of the 1600’s who started the idea of NATURAL RIGHTS of “LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY” |
| Social Contract Theory | philosophy of JOHN LOCKE that people enter into an agreement to FORM A GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS, and if government threatens their natural rights, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT |
| Thomas Paine | English immigrant to America who wrote “COMMON SENSE” – a pamphlet read in the colonies that encouraged them to declare independence from England |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; his ideas were INFLUENCED BY LOCKE AND PAINE |
| Lexington & Concord | 1ST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR; victory for colonists using guerrilla tactics |
| “Minutemen” | MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA group that could protect their home area; met British at LEXINGTON & CONCORD |
| George Washington | COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of the COLONIAL ARMY |
| Patrick Henry | Virginian who said “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH” and sparked the Patriots to revolt |
| Second Continental Congress | May, 1775 meeting that APPROVED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and chose Washington as the leader of the army |
| Treaty of Alliance | treaty of friendship between the AMERICAN COLONIES AND FRANCE arranged by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; got FRENCH MILITARY SUPPORT |
| Yorktown | FINAL BATTLE of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR; with help from France, English General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington |
| Peace of Paris | treaty that ENDED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR and stated that THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was a free nation; England gave U.S. land from Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River |
| Equality | A KEY PRINCIPAL of the Declaration of Independence that can be seen in American society today through free PUBLIC EDUCATION, the DUE PROCESS of law, and extending VOTING RIGHTS AND REPRESENTATION to all citizens |
| Liberty | A KEY PRINCIPAL of the Declaration of Independence that can be seen in American society today by the ABOLISHING OF SLAVERY and extending CIVIL RIGHTS to women and many minority groups |
| Pursuit of Happiness | A KEY PRINCIPAL of the Declaration of Independence that can be seen in the FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM of economy, the availability of ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, and the PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL’S PROPERTY RIGHTS |
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