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AP terms test 2
history terms test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| enlightenment | philosophical movement toward common sense and away from religionand emphasised rationalism |
| john locke | english philosopher who stated that a government is created by the people for the people |
| salutary neglect | refereed to the neglect by england of her colonies in america |
| disestablishment | referred to the breakdown of English rule over the colonies |
| writs of assistance | general search warrants used by english customs agents to hunt out smuggled goods |
| james otis | elouent lawyer who protested the legality of the writs of assistance wrote no taxation without representation |
| grenville acts 1764-65 | these acts included the stamp, suger, and currency acts. they were designed to control trade and raise revenue |
| stamp act congress 1765 | 27 delegates from nine colonies drew up a statement protesting the unfairness of the grenville acts and sent them to king george 3 |
| declaratory acts 1766 | this measure made virtual representation legal |
| townshed acts 1767 | these acts placed a lihgt duty on glass white lead paper and teaindirect tax |
| john dickenson 1767 | said external taxes were illegal unless their primary purpose was to regulate trade |
| patrick henry | american statesmen and orator who stated give me liberty or give me death to incite revolution |
| samuel adams | leader of the american revolution |
| sons of liberty | group of radicals who boycotted english goods |
| carolina regulators | organization of frontiersmen from north carolina who protested high taxes |
| battle of alamance 1771 | regulator movement had great momentum when 2500 regulators met an eastern english army of 1300.made north carolina dependent of british authority |
| committes of correspondence 1772 | colonial radicals formed committes in each town and colony to spread the word of any new english aggression |
| tea act 1773 | gave the british east indian tea company a monopoly on tea sold in america |
| intolerable(coercive) acts 1774 | closed the port of boston |
| quebec act 1774 | gave french canadians self rule. it supported catholicism in canada and gave colonial territory to quebec |
| first continental congress 1774 | meeting of 12 colonies asking king george to repeal the intolerable acts |
| suffolk resolves 1774 | its members pledged not to obey the intolerable acts |
| declaration of rights and grievences | declared obedience to the king but denied parliments right to tax the colonies |
| lexington and concord 1775 | battle between redcoats and minutemen at lexington when redcoats were heading toward concord to sieze colonial armaments |
| second continental congress 1775 | 13 colonies came together in philadelphia to raise money to create an army and a navy and george washington was elected head of the colonial army |
| richard e lee | during the scond continental congress in 1775 he stated that these united colonies are free and independent states |
| thomas jefferson | wrote the declaration of independence |
| thomas paine | author of commen sense 1776 |
| loyalists(tories) | the name for those who were still loyal to king george 3 |
| saratoga 1777 | a battle theat ended when encircled british troops surrendered . this was a turning point in the war because an alliance with france soon followed |
| french alliance 1778 | after the battle of saratoga in 1777 the french formed an alliance with america to assist each other in fighting for their independence and to avenge the french defeat in the french and indian war |
| george r. clark | turned the tide in the west in 1778 by capturing kaskaskia and vincennes |
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