The Road to Revolution and Amereica Succeding from Britain
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| 220075373 | Sons of Liberty | One of the groups that ardently fought against the stamp acts, ransacking houses of stamp act officials, taking their money and hanging effigies of them on liberty poles. They were one of the many to oppose the nonimportant agreements | |
| 220075374 | Townshend Acts | Passed by Parliament in 1767. Taxed imports of glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. It was another point of issue for the colonists. It indirectly caused the Boston Massacre. | |
| 220075375 | Boston Tea Party | December 16, 1773. Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Indians then threw incoming tea imports into Boston Harbour to protest the tax on tea. They also did it to get rid of the temptation for the protesting colonists to buy tea. It was looked down upon by many. | |
| 220075376 | Repressive/Coercive Acts | Passed in 1744 as a reaction to the Boston Tea party. The Boston port act closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for. Called the Intolerable Act by Americans. | |
| 220075377 | Stamp Acts | Created to raise revenues for redcoats in America. A Stamp was attatched to things to let people kow the tax had been paid. Americans resented this immensley and It was one of the primary inflamitories for the American Revoution. | |
| 220075378 | Sugar Acts | Put in place in 1764. Increased taxes on imported West Indies sugar. It was the first Parliament induced tax to raise revenue for the crown. It was reduced after much arguing from the colonists. | |
| 220075379 | Salutary Neglect | When britain left the colonies to their own devices on how to create their own goernment and taxes. | |
| 220075380 | Declaratory Act | The law Parliament passed in 1766. It said that they could bind the colonies in any way they wanted. | |
| 220075381 | Crispus Atticus | One of the first killed in the Boston Massacre. He was black and called on of the leaders of the mob. | |
| 220075382 | Samuel Adams | Orgonized local commities of correspondance. They exchanged propoganda and information that kept the opposition to British policy alive. | |
| 220075383 | Comitties of Correspondance | Created by Samuel Adams. People exchanded letters containing anti-British propoganda and other information that kept the British opposition alive. | |
| 220075384 | First Continental Congress | September 5 to October 27, 1774. 35 representatives from all o the colonies except for Georgia met in Philidelphia to discuss how to resolve colonial grievances. Discussed home rule, wrote the Declaration of Rights, and The Association, which called for complete boycott of British goods. | |
| 220075385 | Intolerable Acts | Also known as the Repressive Acts. Included Boston Port Act. Set mostly on Massachucessts. | |
| 220240620 | Lexington and Concord | 1775 British troops marched to Lexingtion to confisticate gunpowder from the colonists and capture john Hancock and Samuel Adams. After firing shots, they continued on to Concord before being forced to retreat back to Boston. | |
| 220240621 | Second Continental Congress | The Congress focused on creating and developing an army to go against the British. | |
| 220240622 | Social Contract | a voluntary agreement among individuals by which organized society is brought into being, and has the right to secure mutual protection and welfare, or to regulate the relations among its members. | |
| 220240623 | Loyalists and Tories | Loyalists supported King George III in the issues between the colonies and Britain and Tories were the rebels that wanted home rule. | |
| 220240624 | Patriots/Whigs | They were the rebels against Britain. They saw any colonist not loyal to their cause as a traitor. | |
| 220240625 | Yorktown | Washington and Rochambeau attacked Cornwalis on land while Admiral de Grasse blockaded the harbor. Cornwallis surrendered his 7,000 troops on October 19, 1781. Many British was thought they were done for after that fight. | |
| 220363227 | Patrick Henry | American patriot, orator and statesman. | |
| 220363228 | George Washington | US general andd poitical leader. He was the first president of the United States. | |
| 220440154 | Thomas Paine | The author of the Common Sense newspaper. He got the idea of a democratic republic into everyones head. | |
| 220440155 | Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independance. Part of the Second Continental Congress. Originally a successful lawyer. | |
| 220440156 | Benedict Arnold | An American General. He was part of the two pronged attack on Quebeck and was very helpful in many other battles. He eventually betrayed them and was planning on returning to the British but was caught before he could do so. | |
| 220440157 | John Jay | One of the three negotiators sent to Paris. He did not like the way the France was trying to control America's outcome so he went and discussed with the British seperately. | |
| 220440158 | Tea Act | Was rather ineffectual. Part of the Twonshend Acts, the three pence tax on tea prompted some of the largest revolts agaist the British pre-Revolution. | |
| 220440159 | Common Sense | A newspaper written by Thomas Paine in Boston. It was one of the main revolutionary pieces that also prompted them to look at a democratic republic. | |
| 220440160 | Mercenaries | Were sent over by George III. The Husseans were German and many of them left the army to get land of their own. Their involvement was a major issue between the colonies and Britain. | |
| 220440161 | John Adams | Was part of the Continental Congress. The United States second president. He was sent to Paris for the Peace negotiations. | |
| 220440162 | Marquis de Lafayette | Was the primary French general that assisted the Americans. He was excellent, despite his youth and he brough revolutionary ideals back with him to France. | |
| 220440163 | Natural Rights | Basic rights within a government that cannot be denied. They were a primary rallying and arguing point for the Continental Congress and in the Declaration of Independance. | |
| 220440164 | John Locke | An Englishman whose views profoundly influence Thomas Jefferson and prompted his use of "life, love, and the pursuit of happiness." His views were a rallying point for many rebels. |
