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Causes of Revolution

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TermDefinition
Albany Congress The first time leaders from all of the colonies came together to talk about creating their own government.
Act A law
Albany Plan of Union A document that stated that all the colonies should come together to form one colonial government that works with England to control the colonies.
Alliance/ Ally When two or more groups or countries agree to work together in war or trade.
Benjamin Franklin The American representative in France that convinced the French government to help the American colonists during the Revolutionary War.
Boston Massacre A conflict between the unarmed Colonists and British Soldiers in Boston. This caused a lot of anger in the colonies over the British Soldiers being there.
Boston Tea Party A protest against the Tea Act. Colonists dumped over 91,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.
Boycott Refusing to buy goods from a specific company or country as a form of protest.
Common Sense A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued that the colonies should be a separate country from England.
Continental Congress A gathering of leaders in the colonies to discuss separating from England and becoming the U.S.A.
Declaration of Independence The document was created by the Continental Congress to tell the King of England that the Colonies were officially separating from England.
French and Indian War A war between England and its colonies, and France and its Native American allies over land in the Ohio River Valley.
George Washington A general in the French and Indian war, who eventually led the colonial continental army during the Revolutionary War, and then became the first president of the U.S.
King George III (3rd) The leader of England.
Independence To be free without being controlled by others.
Intolerable Acts/ Coercive Acts Laws designed to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party.
Lexington and Concord The first battles of the Revolutionary War.
Loyalist A colonist who thought the colonies should stay under the control of England
Militia An army formed from volunteers who are not full time soldiers.
Mercantilism When a country tries to improve its economy by selling more goods to other countries and buying less goods.
Monarchy A country where a king or queen controls the government.
Patriot A colonist who thought the colonies should become their own country.
Parliament The part of England’s government that worked with King George III to create laws for England and the colonies.
Proclamation of 1763 A law passed by England at the end of the French and Indian War that said its colonists were not allowed to travel west.
Propaganda Pictures, writing, or speeches given to try to convince people to do something.
Quartering Act A law passed by England that forced Colonists to allow British Soldiers to live in their homes.
Representation The idea of choosing someone to make government decisions for you.
Representative Someone elected to make government decisions for the people who elected them.
Republic A government where people choose representatives to make decisions for them in government.
Revolt/ Revolution Fighting against a group that is in control in order to get freedom.
Salutary Neglect A time where England was not controlling the economy of the colonies. The colonies did well as a result of this, and did not want to return to mercantilism.
Self-government The idea of a colony forming its own government and making its own decisions.
Smuggling The act of sneaking goods into a country illegally.
Stamp Act A tax placed on all paper goods coming into the colonies.
Tea Act A tax placed on tea that also gave one English company control of all tea coming into the colonies.
Townshend Acts Taxes put on the colonies without them agreeing to it.
Thomas Jefferson The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence and became the third president of the U.S.
Zenger Trial A court case in the colonies that showed that colonists did not have the right to free speech while under the control of England
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