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| 1748400993 | Currency Act (1764) | British legislation which banned the production of paper money in the colonies in an effort to combat the inflation caused by Virginia's decision to get itself out of debt by issuing more paper money. | 0 | |
| 1748400994 | Sugar Act (1764) | An act that raised tax revenue in the colonies for the crown. It also increased the duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. | 1 | |
| 1748400995 | Vice-admiralty Court | Hated British courts in which juries were not allowed and defendants were assumed guilty until proven innocent | 2 | |
| 1748400996 | Stamp Act (1765) | Parliament required that revenue stamps be affixed to all colonial printed matter, documents, dice, and playing cards; the Stamp Act Congress met to formulate a response, and the act was repealed the following year. | 3 | |
| 1748400997 | Virtual Representation | British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members | 4 | |
| 1748400998 | Patriots | American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won. | 5 | |
| 1748400999 | Stamp Act Congress | A meeting of delegations from many of the colonies, the congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament, and it showed signs of colonial unity and organized resistance. | 6 | |
| 1748401000 | Boycott | A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies. Most effective form of rebellion. | 7 | |
| 1748401001 | Sons of Liberty | A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept. After the repeal of the Stamp Act, many of the local chapters formed the Committees of Correspondence which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies. The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. | 8 | |
| 1748401002 | Samuel Adams | American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence | 9 | |
| 1748401003 | Townshend Acts (1767) | Acts which enacted new taxes to be collected on imports of tea, glass, and paper. Also created the writs of assistance to help people search homes for smuggled items. | 10 | |
| 1748401004 | Direct/Indirect Tax | Indirect taxes are taxes levied by colonial assemblies for Parliament and then sent to London, whereas direct taxation was when the English Parliament ignored the colonial assemblies and levied their own taxes. An example of direct taxation was the Stamp Act, which was highly protested by the colonists and was later repealed due to its unpopularity. | 11 | |
| 1748401005 | Daughters of Liberty | An organization formed by women prior to the American Revolution They got together to protest treatment of the colonies by their British Rulers. They made their own clothes. | 12 | |
| 1748401006 | Boston Massacre | In 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them. Five colonists were killed, including Crispus Attucks, a sailor of African and Native American ancestry. | 13 | |
| 1748401007 | Committees of Correspondence | Committees of Correspondence, organized by patriot leader Samuel Adams, was a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. They provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to Parliament. The committees sent delegates to the First Continental Congress. | 14 | |
| 1748401008 | Tea Act | 1773 Act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea Party. | 15 | |
| 1748401009 | Coercive Acts | 1. Port act closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for. 2. MA Gov't act reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies. | 16 | |
| 1748401010 | Quebec Act | 1774 Organize the Canadian's lands gained from France; Catholicism was official religion of Quebec; Gov't w/o representative assembly; extended Quebec's boundary to Ohio River; Americans viewed it as attack on American colonies, b/c it took land from them; feared would try to steal American gov't; resented recognition given to Catholicism. | 17 | |
| 1748401011 | First Continental Congress | Delagates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence | 18 | |
| 1748401012 | Minutemen | Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds. Fought for Lexington. | 19 | |
| 1748401013 | Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence. | 20 | |
| 1748401014 | Lexington and Concord | "The Shot Heard Round the World"- The first battle of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts. | 21 | |
| 1748401015 | Second Continental Congress | 12 delegates meet in Philadelphia to express their growing dissatisfaction with King George and his lack of response to the Declaration of Rights | 22 | |
| 1748401016 | Common Sense | 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that persuaded many Americans to support the Revolutionary cause | 23 | |
| 1748401017 | Bunker (Breed's) Hill | A battle that took place on the strategic point of Breed's Hill. British victory on account of the depletion of American supplies. yet gave them confidence- It pushed Americans towards a final decision for war. | 24 | |
| 1748401018 | George Washington | 1732-1799 led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War and was the first President of the U.S, from 1789-1797. Because of his central role in the founding of the United States, he is often call the "Father of his Country." | 25 | |
| 1748401019 | Saratoga | A battle that took place in New York where the Continental Army defeated the British. It proved to be the turning point of the war. This battle ultimately had France to openly support the colonies with military forces in addition to the supplies and money already being sent. | 26 | |
| 1748401020 | Baron Von Steuben | A stern, Prussian drillmaster that taught American soldiers during the Revolutionary War how to successfully fight the British. | 27 | |
| 1748401021 | Marquis de Lafeyette | 19 year old Frenchman who fought for the U.S. int he revolutionary war and was famous for using his wealth to buy soldiers warm clothes | 28 | |
| 1748401022 | War of Attrition | A war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses | 29 | |
| 1748401023 | Yorktown | 1781; Last battle of the revolution; Benedict Arnold, Cornwallis and Washington; colonists won because British were surrounded and they surrended | 30 | |
| 1748401024 | Treaty of Paris (1783) | Ended the Revolution, recognized American Independence, granted all land south of Canada to Florida & Atlantic to Mississippi to Americans | 31 | |
| 1748401025 | Quartering Act | 1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. | 32 |
