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John Locke

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English philosopher who argued that governments should protect citizens' life, liberty and property, and that people should give their consent for any laws placed upon them.

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Pontiac's War

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Led by Neolin and Pontiac, AI rebellion that tried to push the British back to the Atlantic Ocean. Failed, but the British started using the middle ground tactics and started giving gifts -- 1763

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Proclamation of 1763

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Tried to prevent colonists from encroaching upon AI lands by saying that colonists couldn't move west of the Appalachian mountains.

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Stamp Act

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Passed by George Grenville's government, it imposed taxes on most legal documents in the colonies and on newspapers; the colonists did not like this -- 1765

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Townshend Acts

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Imposed taxes on tea, paper, glass, lead, and paint. Led to more nonimportation agreements. Repealed in 1770 except for the tea tax -- 1767

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Sons of Liberty

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Group in colonial cities, especially Boston, who organized sometimes violent resistance to British policies. Used peer pressure to make sure people didn't accept British policies. Involved in the Boston Tea Party -- 1765-1775

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Boston Massacre

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Confrontation between British soldiers and colonists in March 1770. Five colonists were killed and people were shocked at the violence.

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Committees of Correspondence

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Groups formed in each colony the exchanged ideas and information about what the British were doing to the colonies -- helped bring the colonists together -- 1772-1775

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Tea Act

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British tried to grant a monopoly on the tea trade to the British East Indian company that would cut out the colonial middlemen. Colonists threw the Boston Tea Party to show their displeasure -- 1773

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Coercive/Intolerable Acts

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Acts passed after the Boston Tea Party -- closed the port of Boston until tea was paid for, restricted town meetings in Massachusetts, and allowed the army to live among civilians -- 1774

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First Continental Congress

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Met in Philadelphia to organize resistance against the Coercive Acts. Petitioned the king and created the Association to enforce nonimportation -- 1774

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Lexington & Concord

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First battles of the American Revolution. The British wanted to destroy weapons that were in Concord, but the colonists confronted them at Lexington and drove them away from Concord -- 1775

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2nd Continental Congress

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Organized the colonial army and offered the Olive Branch Petition. It also approved the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation -- 1775-1781

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Declaration of Independence

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Justified independence to the rest of the world. Inspired by John Locke and condemned King George III -- 1776

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George Washington

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Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, won battles at Trenton, Princeton, and Yorktown.

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Battle of Trenton

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Important American victory as it propped up sagging patriot morale. Washington surprised Hessian (German) troops on Christmas and took them prisoner. 1776

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Saratoga

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Turning point in the Revolutionary War as American forces stopped a British force from Canada that was trying to go to Albany, New York. This victory helped bring the French into the war on the side of the Americas -- 1777

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French Alliance

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After the battle of Saratoga, the French signed an alliance with the colonists and agreed to fight until the colonists got their independence. The French supplies were necessary to win the war -- 1778

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Loyalists

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People in the 13 colonies who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War.

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Yorktown

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Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. The American and French armies and the French Navy trapped Lord Cornwallis here and forced him to surrender -- 1781

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Ends the Revolutionary War and gives the U.S. all the land to the Mississippi River and rights to fish off Newfoundland. The Americans still had to pay off their pre-war debts -- 1783

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French and Indian war

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Ranged from 1754-1763 and was the last of a series of wars fought between Great Britain and her allies and France and her allies.

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Treaty of Paris 1763

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Happened in 1763 and ended the French and Indian war and forced the French to turn over it's control of Canada to Great Britain.

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Proclamation of 1763

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Was an attempt to end the Americans settlement beyond the Appalachian mountains.

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Stamp Act of 1765

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This tax was collected on every document or newspaper printed or used in the colonies.

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Committee of correspondence

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This committee was made to communicate with the other colonies.

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Sons of Liberty

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Was organized by Samuel Adams to protest the Stamp Act

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Intolerable Acts

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Were designed to make an example of Massachusetts and hopefully stop the growing resistance to British authority.

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Daughters of Liberty

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Organized by the women of Boston and we're instrumental in maintaining the American boycott of British goods.

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Common sense

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Was published by Thomas Paine in January 1776. This short work helped to persuade many who were undecided to support the cause of independence.

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Colony

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A territory owned and run by another country.

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King George III

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King of England during the American Revolution.

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Stamp Act (1765)

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British tax in America on wills, licences and other documents

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No Taxation without Representation

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Slogan shouted by Americans angry at the British as they had to pay tax but had no say in how the country was run.

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Townshend Acts

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British taxes in America on items such as glass, paint & paper.

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Boston Massacre

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The shooting dead of 5 Americans protesting against British taxes.

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Tea Act

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British law that made American companies pay tax on tea but not British ones.

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Boston Tea Party

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Protest by Americans in 1773 whereby they threw tea from British ships into the sea.

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First Continental Congress (1774)

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Meeting of the 13 American colonies to discuss how they would deal with the British.

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Second Continental Congress (1775)

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Second meeting of the 13 American colonies where their army was created.

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American Continental Army

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Army of the American colonists led by George Washington who fought the British.

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George Washington

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Commander of the American Continental Army and first president of the USA.

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Declaration of Independence

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Document in which the Americans set out their beliefs and aims for independence.

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Valley Forge

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American army camp where many soldiers died from the freezing weather and lack of supplies.

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General Cornwallis

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Commander of the British army.

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Yorktown

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Last battle of the war of independence in 1789 where the British surrendered.

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War of Independence (1775-1783)

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War fought by American colonists for independence from Britain.

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Was does repeal mean?

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To take away, remove

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Tax on various household items such as paper, glass, lead, silk, and tea.

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Townshend Acts

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Colonists had to provide food, housing, blankets, candles, etc. for the British soldiers.

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Quartering Acts

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Colonists did not feel they should be paying taxes to a government that was not hearing their voice. This is called?

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No taxation without representation

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A rioting mob confronted British soldiers at the Boston Customs House this becomes the?

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Boston Massacre

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Stamp Act of 1765

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This tax was collected on every document or newspaper printed or used in the colonies.

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Committee of correspondence

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This committee was made to communicate with the other colonies.

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Stamp Act Congress

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This was created to draft formal petitions of protest to parliament.

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Sons of Liberty

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Was organized by Samuel Adams to protest the law.

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Intolerable Acts

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Were designed to make an example of Massachusetts and hopefully quell the growing resistance throughout to British authority.

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Daughters of Liberty

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Organized by the women of Boston and we're instrumental in maintaining the American boycott of British goods.

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Common sense

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Was published by Thomas Paine in January 1776. This short work helped to persuade many who were undecided to support the cause of independence.

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