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Road to Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Zenger Trial | trial that established the media's right to publish the truth, even if it casts leaders in a negative light; also established a jury's ability to determine guilt or innocence; not just whether someone did something |
| freedom of the press | the media's right to publish the truth, even if it casts leaders in a negative light |
| militia | a force made up of civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army |
| George Washington | soldier who fought in F&I War, aspired to career in British military |
| French & Indian War | war over control of Ohio Valley |
| cede | give up power or territory |
| Proclamation of 1763 | established line drawn down Appalachian Mountains, keeping colonists east, Indians west |
| Magna Carta | document from medieval England limiting the powers of the king and granting powers to the people; established Parliament as a lawmaking body |
| taxation without representation | government requiring a group to pay taxes without giving that group a say in the lawmaking process |
| boycott | an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products |
| petition | a written request to a government |
| repeal | revoke or annul a law |
| Stamp Act | a law meant to recoup costs for F&I War; required colonists to buy stamps for every piece of printed paper |
| Boston Tea Party | protest against tea tax; colonists dumped shipment of British tea into Boston harbor |
| Townshend Acts | series of taxes supported by English government minister Charles Townshend, on items such as glass, lead, paint, tea |
| Patrick Henry | Virginia legislator; said, "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense & In Crisis |
| Samuel Adams | colonist who helped organize Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence, Boston Tea Party |
| Loyalist | someone who was loyal to the king |
| Patriot | someone who was loyal to the colonies and wanted to break away from England |
| John Adams | lawyer who defended British soldiers involved in Boston Massacre; cousin of Sam Adams |
| blockade | a means of sealing off a place - like Boston Harbor! - to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving |
| minutemen | member of colonial militia who could be ready at a minute's notice |
| Quartering Act | law that colonists must house and feed British troops |
| Boston Massacre | skirmish between angry Bostonians & redcoats; a few Americans were killed and injured; helped to anger Americans toward war |
| Shot Heard Round the World | first gunfire of the Revolution - British attack on Lexington & Concord |
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