Chapter 5-6 Flashcards
British ban on printing colonial money in order to alleviate British creditors fears of being paid in the depreciated currency of the colonists
Currency Act (1764)
Law passed by parliament requiring taxation on stamps for legal documents, publications and playing cards
Stamp Act (1765)
Military tribunals composed only of a judge, not a local common jury
Vice-Admiralty
Parliament’s act on refined sugar, cut Molasses Act duty in half
Sugar Act 1764
The English concept that members of parliament represented the entire colonial empire, not just a local constituency and it’s voters
Virtual representation
American colonists circa 1770 who fought for independence from Great Britain
Patriots
Stamp Act Congress
Met to formulate a response to the stamp Act
To withdraw from commercial or social relations with an organizations as a form of protest
Boycott
A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the stamp Act
Sons of Liberty
Leader of the Sons of Liberty and suggested the Committees of Correspondence
Samuel Adams
Taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea
Townsend Acts 1767
Tax that raises revenue through regulation of trade, or an imposed tax directly on the colonists
Indirect tax; direct tax
An organization formed by women prior to the American Revolution to protest British oppression
Daughters of Liberty
A riot in Boston, 1770, arising from the resentment of British colonists toward British troops quartered in the city
Boston Massacre
Organized by leader Sam Adams, a system of communication between Patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies
Committees of Correspondence
Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies
Tea Act (1773)
4 acts passed in 1774 which closed Port of Boston, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided quartering of troops in barns and empty houses
Coercive Acts
Gave French Canadians self rule
Quebec Act
Convened to protest the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
First Continental Congress
Nickname given to local militiamen who fought against the British during the revolutionary war
Minutemen
Torres; American colonies who remained loyal to Britain
Loyalists
The first “battles” in the revolutionary war; shots exchanged between both sides
Lexington and Concord
Convened to approve the Declaration of Congress
Second Continental Congress
Written by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince colonists to fight for independence
Common Sense
Battle between British and American troops in Boston
Bunker (Breed’s) Hill
Led troops (unsuccessfully) during French and Indian war, surrender Fort Necessity to French; Chief of Continental Army
George Washington
A major battle in the revolution which ended in American victory and British surrendering
Saratoga
German Commander who came to Valley Forge to help George Washington
Baron von Steuben
Young Patriot from France who became George Washington’s aide during the revolution
Marquis de Lafayette
War based of wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses
War of Attrition
A decisive victory by a combined force of American and French troops, last major battle of the American Revolutionary War
Yorktown
British formally recognizes American Independence
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Allowed for British officer to be permitted to stay in the homes of the colonials
Quartering Act
