Chapter 5 Packet Questions Flashcards
What is boycotting?
Refuse to buy foreign goods
What is revenue?
Incoming money
What is a militia?
Civilians trained to fight in emergencies
What are patriots?
People who fight for the American cause
What is a resolution?
A formal expression of opinion
What is nonimportation?
Agreements
What are minutemen?
Militia that could be ready to fight in a minutes notice
What is a petition?
A formal request
What is an effigy?
A rag figure representing an unpopular individual
What does repeal mean?
To cancel an act or law
What is a Loyalist?
People who remained loyal to Britain
What is a preamble?
The introduction to a formal document, especially in the Constitution
What are writs of assistance?
A legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled
What is propaganda?
Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion
What is the Committee of Correspondance?
An organization that spread political ideas through the colonies
What was the Stamp Act?
An act that placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colony, everything from newspapers and pamphlets to wills and playing cards
What was the Sugar Act?
Wanted to stop smuggling, lowered the tax on molasses imported by the colonists, also let officers seize goods from smugglers without going to court
What is the Continental Congress?
Started in September 1774, 55 men came from all colonies except Georgia, came to establish a political body to represent American interests and challenge British control
Who was George Washington?
A delegate in the Continental Congress, great general in the Revolutionary War, became first president in the US after the Revolutionary War
What was the Townshend Act?
Acts passed in 1767, applied only to imported goods, ie: glass, tea, paper, and lead, with the tax being paid at the port of entry, had to import these because the colonists could not produce them, started the Daughters of Liberty
What was the Boston Tea Party?
An event in which the Boston Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded the British boats that carried tea to the colonies and dumped 342 chests of tea overboard, occurred on December 16, 1773
What was the Declaration of Independence?
A document that stated the complaints of the colonists, Written by Thomas Jefferson, edited by Benjamin Franklin, contained 4 parts, the preamble, next 2 sections are a list of rights and complaints, last section proclaims existence of new nation, approved on July 4, 1776
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
A colonist who was an inventor, writer, and a scientist, edited Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence
What was Concord?
Another battle site, April 19,1775, the British wanted to seize ammunition, so the citizens fired on the British soldiers while they were marching to Concord
