Question | Answer |
Patrick Henry | authored the Virginia Resolutions |
Stamp Act | British law passed in 1765 that forced americans to pay a tax on printed documents |
Radicals | political leaders who work for extreme changes in the law |
Boycott | refusal to buy goods from a nation or a company. ie. French fries |
Republicanism | political movement that fought against government corruption in the King's government |
Legislature | an official lawmaking body of a state or nation |
Patrick Henry | said "Give me liberty or give me death" |
Samuel Adams | Boston Beer brewer who became a radical leader of the American revoluton in 1765. |
Patrick Henry | fought of liberal votings rights in the 1700's |
Voting rights | only white men who owned land could vote |
Boston Massacre | 4 American radicals were shot dead by British redcoat soldiers |
Whigs | radicals in England and America who wanted to abolish the Monarchy |
Magna Carta | forced the King of England the submit to the law of the Land |
Boston Tea Party | led by Samuel Adams |
Sons of Liberty | radical group of Americans led by Sam Adams |
"No taxation without representation" | famous statements used by American radicals to show hatred of British taxes |
Stamp Act Congress | 13 colonies unified to reject British Stamp Act Tax |
King George III | British king during American Revolution who tried to force the Americans to obey his laws |
Virginia Resolutions | written by Patrick Henry. Claimed only Virignia legislature had a right to tax Virginia citizens. |
Quartering Act | 1765 British law that forced Americans to house and feed British redcoats |
Boston Tea Party | radical move by Sons of Liberty to protest the Tea Tax in 1773 |
Monarchy | government ruled by a King. |
Republicanism | radical movement in 1700's that wanted to abolish the Monarchy system |
Republicanism | radicals who fight government corruption |
Aristocracy | members of royal family in a monarchy. |
Revenue | incoming money often collected from taxes |
Writs of Assitance | legal documents that allowed British officials to search the home of any American colonist |
effigy | life sized dolls made up to look like hated politicians: often burned in public. |
Effect of the Boycott | British businessmen pressured Parliament to repeal or cancel the Stamp act |
Writs of assistance | viewed as an abuse of power |
Intolerable acts | 1. punishment of Boston tea party; 2.closed Boston Harbor; 3. made public meetings illegal |
Loyalists | Americans who remained loyal to England |
Patriots | Americans who wanted Independence from England |
Colonial Unity | harsh laws and high taxes brought the colonists together in order to fight England |