1765 law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials

American colonial lawyer and second President of the United States

American patriot, lawyer, and author best known for a speech during which he stated, “Give me liberty or give me death”

Organization of colonists formed in opposition to the Stamp Act and other British laws and taxes

Nonimportation Agreements

Colonial consumer boycotts of British exports in response to taxes passed by Parliament

Incident on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers killed five colonists in Boston

Committees of Correspondence

Network of local groups that informed colonists of British measures and the opposition to them in the years before the Revolutionary War

Protest against British taxes in which Bostonian protestors dumped tea into the harbor on December 16, 1773

American name for the Coercive Acts, which Parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies

First Continental Congress

Group of delegates representing all the American colonies, except Georgia, that met in 1774

A British policy in the early 1700’s that allowed the colonies virtual self-rule as long as Great Britain profited economically

American silversmith who rode through the countryside to Concord warning the colonists and calling the Patriots to arms.

Trained citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency

Members of armed Patriot groups who would take the field at a moment’s notice in the days leading up to and during the Revolutionary War

Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War

Second Continental Congress

Assembly of delegates representing every colony that met in 1775 in Philadelphia following the Battles of Lexington and Concord

Army that represented the colonies during the Revolutionary War

English-American author and political thinker who wrote Common Sense which helped bring support to the Patriot cause

Form of government in which officials are elected by the people

Declaration of Independence

Document drawn up by the Second Continental Congress, and approved in 1776, that announced American independence and explained the reasons for it

American farmer, landholder, author, architect, lawyer, and statesman. Author of the Declaration of Independence, and third President

Universal rights, such as life and liberty, that derive from nature rather than from government, according to philosophers

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USHist. 3.2-3 Vocab

Term	Definition
Stamp Act	1765 law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials
John Adams	American colonial lawyer and second President of the United States
Patrick Henry	American patriot, lawyer, and author best known for a speech during which he stated, “Give me liberty or give me death”
Sons of Liberty	Organization of colonists formed in opposition to the Stamp Act and other British laws and taxes
Nonimportation Agreements	Colonial consumer boycotts of British exports in response to taxes passed by Parliament
Boston Massacre	Incident on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers killed five colonists in Boston
Committees of Correspondence	Network of local groups that informed colonists of British measures and the opposition to them in the years before the Revolutionary War
Boston Tea Party	Protest against British taxes in which Bostonian protestors dumped tea into the harbor on December 16, 1773
Intolerable Acts	American name for the Coercive Acts, which Parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies
First Continental Congress	Group of delegates representing all the American colonies, except Georgia, that met in 1774
Salutary Neglect	A British policy in the early 1700’s that allowed the colonies virtual self-rule as long as Great Britain profited economically
Paul Revere	American silversmith who rode through the countryside to Concord warning the colonists and calling the Patriots to arms.
Militia	Trained citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency
Minutemen	Members of armed Patriot groups who would take the field at a moment’s notice in the days leading up to and during the Revolutionary War
Loyalists	Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War
Second Continental Congress	Assembly of delegates representing every colony that met in 1775 in Philadelphia following the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Continental Army	Army that represented the colonies during the Revolutionary War
Thomas Paine	English-American author and political thinker who wrote Common Sense which helped bring support to the Patriot cause
Republic	Form of government in which officials are elected by the people
Declaration of Independence	Document drawn up by the Second Continental Congress, and approved in 1776, that announced American independence and explained the reasons for it
Thomas Jefferson	American farmer, landholder, author, architect, lawyer, and statesman. Author of the Declaration of Independence, and third President
Natural Rights	Universal rights, such as life and liberty, that derive from nature rather than from government, according to philosophers

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