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| A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. | ||
| American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) | ||
| a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation | ||
| A series of works by Thomas Paine written between 1776 and 1783 during the American Revolution. These papers were written in a language common people could understand it increase American morale. | ||
| 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. | ||
| peace offering sent to Britain from colonies; appealed to the king, but George III refused to open or read it, saying the Americans would either submit or triumph | ||
| a 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area | ||
| an act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists | ||
| A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea | ||
| demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor | ||
| This series of laws were very harsh laws that intended to make Massachusetts pay for its resistance. It also closed down the Boston Harbor until the Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea. Also forced Bostonian's to shelter soldiers in their own homes. | ||
| American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence | ||
| 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. | ||
| September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts | ||
| It met in 1776 and drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence, which justified the Revolutionary War and declared that the colonies should be independent of Britain. | ||
| The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans | ||
| A mob of Pennsylvania Scots-Irish Immigrants who led a revolt to protest colonial policies towards Native Americans | ||
| Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party | ||
| Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain. | ||
| reflected the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had no direct representatives in Parliament | ||
| an act passed by the British parliment in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents | ||
| Agreements not to import goods from Great Britain. They were designed to put pressure on the British economy and force the repeal of unpopular parliamentary acts. | ||
| British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members | ||
| The colonists thought that there was a conspiracy against them. Seizing their opportunity to destroy the hated vessel, a group of colonists disguised as Native Americans ordered the British crew ashore and then set fire to the ship. | ||
| taxed colonial imports from the Spanish and French West Indies (molasses and sugar) |
