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| Patrick Henry | outspoken member of House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with “Give me liberty, give me death” speech |
| Parliament | any law-making body, but particularly in Britain |
| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
| John Locke | he believed that people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property; believed government was created to protect the rights of people and limited and specific powers given only with the peoples’ consent |
| Declaration of Independence | stated that people have “certain unalienable rights”; people establish government to protect those rights; government derives power from the people; people have a right and a duty to change a government that violates their rights |
| King George III | British king during the Revolutionary era |
| Stamp Act | tax imposed by England to raise necessary revenue to pay the cost of the French and Indian War |
| John Adams | championed the cause for independence |
| Lord Cornwallis | British general who surrendered at Yorktown |
| Thomas Jefferson | major author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Proclamation of 1763 | British document designed to establish government in territories acquired in the French and Indian wars; hampered the western movement of settlers |
| prominent | stands out; distinguished |
| Yorktown | colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War |
| Thomas Paine | journalist, author of Common Sense |
| Battle of Saratoga | American victory; turning point of the war |
| Paul Revere | patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival;cried “The British are coming!” |
| patriotism | showing support for independence before and during the Revolutionary War |
| Boston Massacre | colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into a harbor to protest tea taxes |
| First Continental Congress | delegates from all colonies met to discuss problems with England and to promote independence |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War |
| Benjamin Franklin | prominent member of Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence |
| Phyllis Wheatley | a former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence |
| Treaty of Paris | England recognized American independence |
