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Ch. 5 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue | Income |
| French & Indian War | Expensive war between England and France, fought in North America |
| Currency Act | Banned colonial money - forced colonists to only use official British currency (money) |
| Currency | The type of money (ex. euro, pesos, dollars, yen, etc.) |
| Consent of the Governed | People have to agree to follow the government |
| John Locke #2 | Believed in Consent of the Governed, part of the Great Awakening |
| John Adams | Represented British soldiers after the Boston massacre (lawyer), a loyal Patriot who helped draft the Declaration of Independence |
| Paul Revere | Known for the midnight ride, and the engraving showing the events of the Boston Massacre |
| Militia | Civilian soldiers who are willing to fight to protect their families |
| Minutemen | Soldiers who would be ready to fight in a minute |
| Continental Congress | Gathering of delegates who discussed the problems the colonies were having with England (Great Britain) |
| First Continental Congress | Discussed problems with Britain, cancelled trade with them, told the delegates to get their people ready for war |
| Second Continental Congress | Chose a leader for their army (George Washington), and named their army (Continental Army) |
| Port | Where ships would land to unload their goods and trade |
| Fort Ticonderoga | Fort that the Green Mountain Boys raided for their artillery |
| Artillery | Long range weapons |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Line drawn on the Appalachian Mountains telling colonists they couldn't go past it |
| Boston Tea Party | Where the colonists went onto British ships and threw tea into the harbor in protest of the Tea Act |
| Thomas Paine | Author who wrote Common Sense, pushing the Colonies to break away from England |
| Common Sense | Pamphlet telling colonists the obvious answer was to break away from England, explaining that France and Spain would only trade with them if they weren't loyal to England |
| John Locke #1 | Believed that all men were created equal, had unalienable rights, and had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| Unalienable Rights | Rights that cannot be taken away (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness) |
| British Parliament | Law making body of England that passed the Quartering Act, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and all the other problematic laws that made the Colonists mad |
| Boston Massacre | In which British soldiers fired on colonists in Boston due to tensions, leading to the soldiers arrest and two being found guilty |
| Sons of Liberty | Group of Patriots who organized and inspired revolution in the colonies |
| Thomas Jefferson | Main author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Declaration of Independence | Document announcing that the colonies were officially free from British control |
| Declaration of Independence - Draft 1: | Lists slavery as one of the King's offenses |
| Declaration of Independence - Final Draft: | Does not give rights or protections to women, people of color, or enslaved people |
| Boycott | Refusing to purchase or support certain goods or businesses |
| Quartering Act, 1765 | Required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers |
| Stamp Act, 1765 | Required that all printed materials have a special government stamp |
| Townshend Acts, 1767 | Placed duties on goods that could only be purchased from Britain, required writ of assistance |
| Writ of Assistance | Search warrant |
| Duties | Taxes |
| Tea Act, 1773 | Allowed British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, taking business away from Colonial merchants |
| Intolerable (Coercive) Acts, 1774 | Prevented Massachussets from governing itself |
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