Vocab 1
A series of laws restricting colonial trade
Define Parliment
The lawmakers for a country or nation
George Washington
The 1st president of the united states and a general
French and Indian War
A war between the British and French for control of North America territory.
Boston Tea Party
When the "Indians" dumped 18,000 lbs of tea into the Boston Harbor.
A tax on molasses
Define Townshed Act
Indirect tax or duties levied on imported materials
Thomas Jefferson
Lexington and Concord
A fight that marked the 1st military engagement.
Boston Massacre
A British attack on defensless citizens
Define Stamp Act
A tax that required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document
Define Declaration of Independence
Decloration to free the colonists from Great Britain
John Adams
Second President of the USA and a lawyer
Trenton
Where Battle of Trenton took place and involved Hessians
Minutemen
Civilian soldiers that stood as military preperations
Colonists that stayed loyal to Great Britain
Define Treaty of Paris
Confirmed U.S Independence and set boundaries of the new nation
Thomas Paine
A founding father who made "Common Sence"
Saratogaa
Major turning point in the war
To stop purchasing as a protest
Define Patriots
A colonist who wanted to seperate from Great Britain
Define Egalitasianism
A belief in the equality of all people
Marquis de Lafayette
French aritocrat and military leader
Yorktown
A city in Virgians where the British surrendered.
Define Mercantilism
When a country's goal is self sufficency and countries were competing for gold and silver