Key Terms
to refuse to buy
boycott
led the first group of pilgrims
William Bradford
led to refusing to buy english goods
Stamp Act
this act included a tax on tea
Townshend Act
who did the 2nd Congress ask for help
King George
written code of rules or laws
charter
pilgrims ship
first attempt by colonists to establish a government
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
colonists response to the tax on tea
Boston Tea Party
who helped the colonists win the war
French
new land that remains loyal to the parent nation
colony
written agreement signed by Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact
name of a major mob riot in Massachusetts
Boston Massacre
colonists banned together and sent delegates to this colony for a meeting
Philadelphia
name the treaty that ended the war
treaty of paris
soldiers ready at a minutes notice
minutemen
colony founded by Pilgrims
Plymouth, Massachusetts
African American man killed by British soldiers
Crispus Attucks
who did the colonists refuse to obey
Parliment
an alliance of states and national goverment
Articles of Confederation
legislature with one chamber
unicameral
name of a North Carolina settlement
Roanoke
This colony was a haven for religious freedom
Pennsylvania
where did the Revolutionary War begin
Massachusetts at Lexington and Concord
writer of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson