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Ingle vocab 1-30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Balance of Trade | the difference between the values of exports and imports |
| Currency Act | In 1764 Parliament passed this act to prohibit the issue of any bills and the reissue of existing currency |
| Roger Williams | Banished from Massachusetts, founded Rhode Island, separatist minister |
| Stamp Act | 1765 British Parliament set a wide variety of legal documents and printed matter |
| Quartering Acts | used by British forces in the American; had to let British troops live in your house |
| Molasses Act | Taxing sugar so Americans will not buy sugar from west Indies |
| Navigation Act | Parliament passed this so colonies would only use English ships |
| George 111 | Looses colonies for England; rejection of Olive Branch petition and policies let to loss of England colonies |
| Townsend Act | The acts of the Rits of Assistance ( search warrant) |
| Triangular Trade | Export to the New World Africa- slaves Colonies- raw goods Islands- rum and sugar |
| Boston Massacre | Sam Adams wrote Basis of Propaganda, British soldiers killed 5 colonists, fueled American Revolution |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty (Sam Adams president) dressed as Indians suck on the boat and dumped tea off the harbor. |
| Militia | Military force not to regular army; only called on in times |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Treaty land west of the Appalachian mountains were given to the Indians |
| John Hancock | President of 1st Continental Congress, 1st to sign Declaration of Independence,is a Patriot |
| Thomas Jefferson | Author of Declaration of Independence, made of Louisiana Purchase |
| George Washington | Revolutionary leader, in charge of Portland Continental Army, 1st president of the U.SS, insured we did not become a monarchy |
| John Adams | Head of Committee of Correspondence, 2nd President of U.s |
| Benjamin Franklin | Noted inventor, printer, American Patriot, a diplomat that helped with the war, helped write declaration of independence/ constitution |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of Green Mountain boy, first formal battle of revolution |
| Bunker Hill | the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces |
| Declaration of Independence | (the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain) |
| Samuel Adams | American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| 1st Continental Congress | Mentioned Declaration of Independence |
| 2nd Continental Congress | Mentioned the Constitution |
| Minute Men | members of teams of select men from the American colonial militia during the American Revolutionary War, were called on in emergencies, worked rapidly fast |
| loyalists | did not approve of the Declaration of Independence |
| Tory | Supporters of England also a political party in England |
| Whig | member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories |
| Valley Forge | he site of the camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 in the American Revolutionary War. |
| Mercantilism | Policy that protects the Industries/manufacturing so trade exports more than imports |
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