Vocabulary
The process of establishing control over another territory and sending people to settle there
Colonization
Commander of Continental Army; first U.S. President
George Washington
Tax on sugar and other goods; first act to raise revenue from colonies
Sugar Act
Colonial protest where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Refusing to buy British goods as protest
Boycott
Actions and policies that benefit the entire community rather than just individuals
Common Good
Primary author of Declaration of Independence; third U.S. President
Thomas Jefferson
Required colonists to pay tax on printed materials
Stamp Act
First military engagements of Revolutionary War
Lexington & Concord
The power of a nation to govern itself independently.
Sovereignty
Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain
Patriots
British monarch during American Revolution who refused colonial demands
King George III
Required colonists to house and supply British soldiers
Quartering Act
Signing of this document formally declared separation from Britain
Declaration of Independence
Secret organization of colonial patriots who organized protests
Sons of Liberty
A system where power comes from the people, who have a voice in decision-making
Democratic Government
Diplomat, inventor, and negotiator of French alliance
Benjamin Franklin
Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
Townshend Acts
The signing of this document ended Revolutionary War; Britain recognized American independence
Treaty of Paris (1783)
British policy of loose enforcement of colonial rules before 1763
Salutary Neglect
Economic policy where colonies exist to benefit the mother country through trade restrictions and resource extraction
Mercantilism
Leading revolutionary who organized colonial resistance
Samuel Adams
Laws passed after the Boston tea party, such as the closing of Boston Harbor, restricting Massachusetts Government, letting troops stay in homes, and moving trials to Britain
Intolerable Acts
Colonial meeting to address British actions
First Continental Congress
This movement promoted making clothes at home instead of buying British textiles
Homespun Movement