Terms
This term means unjust rule by an absolute ruler
Tyranny
This stated that colonists could not settle past the Appalachian mountains.
The Proclamation Line of 1763
Required housing for British Soldiers.
Quartering Act
The King of England during the Revolution.
King George III
This group was formed to make a list of offenses the British made against the colonists' rights. It was used to spread information between colonies.
Committee of Correspondence
A colonial protest in which people refused to buy British goods
Boycott
Members of the Sons of Liberty threw Tea into the Boston harbor as an act of defiance against the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
This act placed taxes on all printed materials, paper, and even playing cards.
Stamp Act
The commander and chief of the Continental Army.
George Washington
This group was made up of representatives from each colony. For the first time, they were deciding on how to respond to British actions.
First Continental Congress
Rights that cannot be taken away and are given by nature.
Unalienable rights
This document was written in 1776 to declare the colonists independence from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
This act reinforced several previous Acts. It also prevented the Massachusetts government from governing itself(This was a response from the Boston Tea Party)
Intolerable Acts
Leader of the Sons of Liberty who helped organize resistance.
Samuel Adams
Colonists who supported independence were called...
Patriots
Group that protects a town or a colony.
Militia
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, Often referred to as "The Shot heard around the World"
Lexington and Concord
This act aimed to control the economy of the Colonies. This act required Colonies to use British currency. Restricted them from printing their own money.
Currency Act
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Colonists who remained loyal to Britain were called....
Loyalists
This term means to take away or cancel
Repeal
In 1770, British Soldiers fired at volatile Colonists in Boston killing five.
Boston Massacre
This act declared that Parliament(The King) had complete control over the colonies. He could make any law he wanted without pushback.
Declaratory Act
Published a pamphlet arguing for independence called "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
This handpicked colonial militia was to be ready at a minutes notice.
Minutemen