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Amer.Revolut:Causes
American Revolution-Causes (8.15-8.19)
Term | Definition |
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mercantilism | raw materials from colonies used to produce finished goods by home country |
The Proclamation of 1763 | law to stop colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mts. |
Sugar Act | lowered tax on molasses in an effort to stop colonial smuggling |
Quartering Act | law that forced colonists to house British soldiers and pay for their supplies |
Stamp Act | tax on printed materials; affected most colonists in the cities |
Declaratory Act | stated Parliament had the right to make laws for the British colonies |
Boston Massacre | British soldiers shot colonists in self-defense |
Boston Tea Party | extreme protest of the Tea Act carried out by the Boston Sons of Liberty; resulted in the Intolerable Acts |
Intolerable Acts | laws meant to punish Boston for the Tea Party inc. closing port of Boston and banning town meetings |
Patrick Henry | Virginia member of House of Burgesses; stated "If this be treason, make the most of it." |
Benjamin Franklin | political leader from Philadelphia, PA; encouraged colonies to unite |
John Adams | lawyer who defended the soldiers in the Boston Massacre |
Sam Adams | started the Sons of Liberty in Boston |
John Hancock | member of Sons of Liberty and signer of the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Jefferson | political leader from Virginia who wrote the Declaration of Independence |
Sons of Liberty | organized protests against colonial tax laws passed by Parliament that were sometimes violent |
Thomas Paine | wrote "Common Sense" |
Common Sense | popular pamphlet that persuaded colonists to support independence from Britain |
Battle at Lexington | British soldiers passed through on their way to Concord; believed Hancock and Sam Adams were hiding there |
Battle at Concord | British soldiers destroyed colonial arsenal of weapons |
Capture of Ft. TIconderoga | British fort that was surrendered; colonists gained cannons |
Battle at Bunker Hill | British won after Americans ran out of ammo and had to retreat |
George Washington | chosen to lead the Continental army |
propaganda | a distortion of the truth designed to influence an opinion |
Crispus Attucks | runaway slave that died at the Boston Massacre |
smuggling | illegally import goods to avoid paying the tax |
writs of assistance | legal document allowed customs officials to search for smuggled goods |
writs of assistance | colonists felt this violated their right to be secure in their own homes |
effigies | rag figures representing tax collectors that were burned by protestors |
Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech inspired VA to support revolution |
Daughters of Liberty | boycotted goods previously imported from Britain; started making their own cloth and other products |
Sugar Act | lower tax on molasses; meant to discourage smuggling |
boycott | refuse to buy goods |
repeal | take away a law |
Patriots | colonists who were in favor of independence from Britain |
Loyalists | colonists who wanted to remain British |
Battle at Bunker Hill | showed Britain that the colonists were going to be hard to defeat |
Continental Congress | delegates from the colonies who worked together to challenge British control |
George III | British King who reigned during the American Revolution |
Parliament | made laws for the British empire |
Olive Branch Petition | 1st Continental Congress asked King George & Parliament for peace |