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| Petition | A written request to a government |
| Boycott | an organized plan of action to refuse to buy certain products |
| Cede | Surrender or to give up something |
| Militia | a group of civilians trained as soldiers, but are not part of the regular army- citizen sodiers |
| John Adams | Well known Massachesetts lawyer that defended the British soldiers that fired on the croud during the Boston Massacre- Representative from Massachusetts to the 1st Continental Congress |
| Samuel Adams | Cousin of John Adams- created the Committee of Correspondence- Leader of the Sons of Liberty-Representative from Massachusetts to the 1st Continental Congress- Cousin to John Adams- Established the Committee of Correspondence after the Boston Massacre |
| Alliance | an agreement between nationsor groups to help each other against other nations or groups. |
| Writ of Assistance | court order that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching. Colonists felt this was a violation of their rights. |
| Monopoly | total control of a market for a certain product. Complete control over the buying and selling of a certain product, supply , or good. |
| Repeal | the official end or removal or reversal of a law |
| Minutemen | citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight in a minute's notice- they were ready to fight very quickly , with little warning or notice. |
| Blockade | shutting off of a port with ships to keep people or goods and supplies from moving in or out of that port. |
| Mercenary | a soldier that serves another country for money- a hired soldier |
| Patriot | colonist who favored independence from Britain and was willing to fight for it |
| Loyalist | colonist who remained loyal to Britain and the king- they were in the minority in the colonies |
| King George III | King of England during the time that the 13 Colonies were beginning to think of seperating from England |
| Benjamin Franklin | From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- owner of the "Piladelphia Gazette" newspaper that published the picture of a snake chopped up into pieces warning "Join or Die" inorder to encourage the colonies to work together- Representative from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the 2nd Continental Congress |
| Thomas Jefferson | Young Virginia lawyer- Representative from Virginia to the 2nd Continental Congress |
| French and Indian War | 1754-1763- War between England and France. Colonists sided with England and most Native Americans sided with France. Britain won and the results were that the French lose ALL NA possessions- Britain left with large debt- Colonists sense of unity and purpose- Ohio River Valley settled by colonists |
| Proclamation of 1763 | 1763- British gov’t banned colonists to live west of the Appalachian Mts. Colonists were angry that they could not live where they wanted- ignored the king and his command |
| Sugar Act | 1764- Tax on all products coming into the Colonies, such as molasses-Harsh punishment of smugglers-Colonists very angry- protested |
| Quartering Act | 1765- Colonists had to provide housing, food, and other supplies to English troops- forced- Colonists extremely angry and felt rights were being violated- protested |
| Stamp Act | 1765- Tax on all paper goods- Tax stamps on newspapers, wills, licenses, land titles, playing cards etc.- Colonists outraged- boycotted British goods |
| Boston Massacre | March 5, 1770- Angry group of workers and sailors surrounded small group of English soldiers- Soldiers fired on unarmed colonists- 5 dead and 6 wounded |
| Committee of Correspondence | a communication system created by Samuel Adams to keep all the colonies informed of what Britain was doing in all the colonies- these committees unified the colonies |
| Tea Act | 1773- Created a monopoly for the British East India Company- Tax on tea- Colonist are angry, especially merchants hurt by the monopoly of the EIC |
| Boston Tea Party | Dec. 16, 1773- Sons of Liberty dress as Native Americans and dump 342 cases of tea into Boston Harbor protesting the Tea Act- 90,000 pounds of tea destroyed- Colonists felt justified |
| Intolerable Acts | 1774- 4 harsh laws passed by King George III in response to the Boston Tea party- Port of Boston closed- Increase power of the royal governor- Cut the power of local town meetings- Got rid of the Upper House of the Massachusetts Legislature- Strengthened the Quartering Act- First Continental Congress- demand repeal of IA- training of militias-boycott of British goods- prepare to fight if have to train militia |
| Shot heard round the world | The first shot of the American Revolution-1775- Lexington, Massachusetts |
| Second Continental Congress | Met in Philadelphia in May 1775- first goal was to form an army (Colonial Continental Army)- next they printed paper money to pay for the newly formed army- the 2nd Continental Congress was starting to act like a government |
| Import | something brought into a country |
| Export | something sent out of a country |
| Delegate | a person who represents something, someone, or some nation, state, area |
