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VUS Unit 2 Part 2
Road to Revolution Part 2 Stamp Act and beyond
Question | Answer |
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Stamp Act | Passed in 1765, a tax on all printed materials |
Sons of Liberty | A resistance organization of Colonists against British policies such as taxes and unrepresentative government |
Townshend Acts | Passed in 1767, a tax on imported goods such as paint and glass |
Intolerable Acts | AKA Coercive Acts, passed in 1774, passed in response to Boston Tea Party, meant to punish the people of Massachusetts: Boston Harbor closed, Assembly shut down |
1st Continental Congress | Met in 1774 in Philadelphia, organized in response to Intolerable Acts, agreed to form a militia |
Tories | Loyalist to king, 1/3 of colonial population |
Patriots | Also known as rebels or Whigs, wanted to rebel against Britain |
Boycott | A form of protest, a refusal to buy goods from a particular person, country or company |
Boston Massacre | 1770 |
Committees of Correspondence | Communication network between colonies |
Tea Act | Passed in 1773, a tax and monopoly on tea to protect British East India Company from bankruptcy, led to Boston Tea Party |
Lexington and Concord | 1775, British troops and American militia clash in Massachusetts. Start of the war |
Martial law | Military takes over government functions, no civilian control |