Ch. 4 The War for Independence Flashcards
Stamp Act
Law passed by Parliament to make colonists buy a stamp to place on many items such as wills and newspaper
Samuel Adams
One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty
Townshend Acts
Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on imports to the colonies
Boston Massacre
Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which four colonists were killed
Committees of Correspondence
A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies of ways that Britain threatened colonial rights
Boston Tea Party
Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor
King George III
King of England during the American Revolution
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British
martial law
rule by the military
minutemen
civilian soldiers
Second Continental Congress
The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independece
Olive Branch Petition
An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III
Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy
Thomas Jefferson
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence
Document that said the US was an independent nation
Patriots
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
Loyalists
Colonists who were loyal to Britain
Trenton
Battle won by the Americans in 1776
Saratoga
Battle won by the Americans in 1777
Valley Forge
Place where Washington’s army spent the winter of 1777-1778
inflation
rise in the price of goods
profiteering
selling goods that are difficulty to come by for a profit
Friedrich von Steuben
Prussian officer who helped train American soldiers
Marquis de Lafayette
French noble who helped the Americans
