Vocabulary
Treaty
Great Awakening
A spiritual revival that effected the entire country
King George lll
Sons of Liberty
Dressed to look like natives and dumped the tea into the harbor
Intolerable Act
Unfair decision that led to the blockade of Boston Harbor
Tax
Money that citizens of a country must pay to help run their government
French and Indian War
A fight for power between the French/Natives and British/Colonists
Isaac Watts
Song writer who wrote over 600 hymns
Minutemen
Trained to be ready to fight at a minutes notice
Stamp Act
Tax on documents
Boycott
Refusing to do or pay something
Boston Massacre
An argument between colonists and British soldiers that ended in 5 deaths. All taxes were removed except for tea
General Edward Braddock
Leader of the British army (He was a bad poor leader)
Patriots
Colonists who wanted America to be free from England's rule
Blockade
A block to an entrance
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the harbor
George Washington
General Edward Braddock's guide or military advisor
(so actually Washington sucked)
Loyalists
Those that were loyal to England (Britain)
Paul Revere
Warned townspeople of the British troops movement
Half-Way Covenant
Allowed people to become church members even if they did not trust in Christ
First Continental Congress
The representative of the colonies wrote a declaration of rights that American colonists should have
George Whitefield
Preacher in England
Patrick Henry
Gave an important speech
"Give me liberty, or give me death"
American War for Independence or Revolutionary War
The war in which the American colonists fought for their freedom from England in 1775