Key Vocabulary
Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain
What are loyalists
Actions and policies that benefit the entire community rather than just individuals
What is The common good?
Tax on sugar and other goods; first act to raise revenue from colonies
What is the sugar act
a Protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor
what is the Boston tea party
Colonial protest where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The process of establishing control over another territory and sending people to settle there
What is colonnizatio
A system where power is concentrated in the hands of a few leaders who control without citizen input
What is an Authoritarian government
Required colonists to pay tax on printed materials
What is the Stamp Act
Refusing to buy British goods as protest
What is Boycott?
Conflict between Britain and France over North American territory
What is the French and Indian war?
The British policy of imposing taxes on colonies without allowing them representation in Parliament
What is Taxation without representation
The way a society organizes and distributes power, makes decisions, and governs its people
What Is political system.
Required colonists to house and supply British soldiers
What is the quartering act?
Women who supported boycotts through making homemade goods
What Are Daughters of Liberty?
a document formally declaring separation from Britain
What is the declaration of independence?
a Representative body formed by colonies to coordinate their resistance to British rule
What is Continental Congress
A system where power comes from the people, who have a voice in decision-making
What is a Democratic Government
it Gave British East India Company monopoly on tea sales
What is the Tea act
Making clothes at home instead of buying British textiles
What is The Homespun movement?
Ended Revolutionary War; Britain recognized American independence
What is The treaty of paris
Economic policy where colonies exist to benefit the mother country through trade restrictions and resource extraction
What is Mercantilism
The idea that government's power comes from the agreement of the people being governed
Punitive laws passed after Boston Tea Party
What is The Intolerable acts
a Secret organization of colonial patriots who organized protests
What Are Sons of liberty?
First military engagements of Revolutionary War
What is Lexington and Concord?