vocab 1
Is a sudden complete change of government
Rebellion
Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War. Becomes the first cause of the Revolutionary War
Proclamation of 1763
What year did the French and Indian War officially end in?
1763
He belived that all men were born with the unalienable rights. Life, liberty and property
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was the leader of Boston's Sons of Liberty. He conceived the Committee of Correspondence and coordinated the response to the Tea Act (Boston Tea Act)
Samuel Adams
What is the definition of a TAX?
When a sum of money is demanded by a government for goods and services
The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government
Treason
What is a patriot?
Colonists who solely believed in American Freedom
was a silversmith who was used as a messenger to warn the militia and townspeople that the British were headed to Concord. Legend states that he rode yelling "The British are coming"!
Paul Revere
was the President of the 2nd Continental Congress and also the first signer of the Deceleration of Independence. According to legend, he signed his name in bold and large letters so that the King of England wouldn't need glasses to read it
John Hancock
A colonist who did not support American Independence, and wanted to still be under the British King
Loyalist
was a secret anti-British organization who helped instigate war
Sons of Liberty
List the 5 laws included in the Intolerable Acts
Boston Port Act
Quartering Act
Quebec Act
Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act
Impartial Administration of Justice Act
King George III was?
the King of England during the French and Indian War and the Rev War. Wrote the Proclamation of 1763 that stated colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains
published "Common Sense" the first pamphlet to advocate American Independence
Thomas Paine
The main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonists but to create a monopoly on British Tea
Tea Act
street fight that occurred on March 5th 1770, between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones and sticks and a squad of British soldiers
Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea party was a direct response from the what ACT?
Tea act (1773)
served on the 2nd continental congress and helped draft the Deceleration of Independence. He received a lot of attention for his experiments with electricity
Benjamin Franklin
was a general in the French and Indian war. Became the chief of the Continental Army in Boston. Was the first President of the United States
George Washington
When a group of people refuse to buy a certain food or product
Boycott
What are the Intolerable Acts? Who were they created by?
Created by parliament to punish Boston for the Tea party, it closed Boston Port's and it included the quartering acts
The stamp act taxed all the following except:
1. newspaper
2. pamphlets
3. bills
4. tea
5. almanacs
4. TEA
was the principle author of the Declaration of Independence
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made a speech at the Virginia House of Burgess's stating 'Give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry