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Colonial Resistance Organizations & Methods
Key Figures:
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Colonization meaning 

 The process of establishing control over another territory and sending people to settle there

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  • Political System: 

  • Political System: The way a society organizes and distributes power, makes decisions, and governs its people

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suger act

  • Sugar Act (1764): Tax on sugar and other goods; first act to raise revenue from colonies

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  • Sons of Liberty: 

  • Sons of Liberty: Secret organization of colonial patriots who organized protests

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  • King George III: 

  • King George III: British monarch during American Revolution who refused colonial demands

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Mercantilism:

Mercantilism: Economic policy where colonies exist to benefit the mother country through trade restrictions

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  • Common Good: 

  • Common Good: Actions and policies that benefit the entire community rather than just individuals

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  • Stamp Act (1765): 

  • Stamp Act (1765): Required colonists to pay tax on printed materials

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  • Daughters of Liberty:

  • Daughters of Liberty: Women who supported boycotts through making homemade goods

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  • George Washington: 

  • George Washington: Commander of Continental Army; first U.S. President

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    • Taxation without representation: 

  • Taxation without representation: British policy of imposing taxes on colonies without allowing them representation in Parliament

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  • Democratic Government:

  • Democratic Government: A system where power comes from the people, who have a voice in decision-making

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  • Quartering Act (1765): 

  • Quartering Act (1765): Required colonists to house and supply British soldiers

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  • Boycott: 

  • Boycott: Refusing to buy British goods as protest

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  • Thomas Jefferson: 

  • Thomas Jefferson: Primary author of Declaration of Independence; third U.S. President

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  • Patriots:

 Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

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  • Authoritarian Government: 

  • Authoritarian Government: A system where power is concentrated in the hands of a few leaders who control without citizen input

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  • Townshend Acts (1767): 

  • Townshend Acts (1767): Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea

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Homespun Movement:

Homespun Movement: Making clothes at home instead of buying British textiles

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  • Benjamin Franklin:

  • Benjamin Franklin: Diplomat, inventor, and negotiator of French alliance

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  • Loyalists: 

  • Loyalists: Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain

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  • Consent of the Governed: 

  • Consent of the Governed: The idea that government's power comes from the agreement of the people being governed

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  • Tea Act (1773): 

  • Tea Act (1773): Gave British East India Company monopoly on tea sales

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Boston Tea Party:

Boston Tea Party: Protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor

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  • Samuel 

  • Samuel Adams: Leading revolutionary who organized colonial resistance