Exam 1, Section 3 & 4 Flashcards
Repeal
To cancel an act or law
Boycott
To refuse to buy items from a particular country
Sons of Liberty
Protected the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government; founded by John Hancock and Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
The Massachusetts radical leader that revived the Boston committee of correspondence; founded the Sons of Liberty
Duty
A moral or legal responsibility
Parliament
The highest legislature
John Adams
The first Vice President; successful lawyer
The First Continental Congress
Represented American interests and challenge British control; most important decision was to start a militia
Minutemen
Companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minute’s notice
George Washington
1st U.S. president; commander in chief of the Continental Army; helped win American Revolution by keeping his army together through the winter at Valley Forge and by winning the battle at Yorktown
King George III
King of England
Benjamin Franklin
Member of the second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence; American statesman, inventor, and scientist, signed the D.O.I., the treaty with Great Britain, and the US constitution
Shot heard round the world
The first British soldier killed in Lexington in Concord
Paul Revere
Warned people that the British were coming
Thomas Paine
Convinced many people that America should be independent by writing the Common Sense pamphlet
Continental Army
An army by the Continental Congress to fight for independence lead by George Washington
Olive Branch Petition
A petition sent by the Continental Congress to King George III that asked the king to protect the colonists’ rights that Parliament destroyed
Second Continental Congress
Creates the continental army to fight in a more organized way than the colonial militias could
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that convinced thousands of colonists that we should be independent
Declaration of Independence
A document declaring the US to be independent of Great Britain, signed by the representatives of the American people
Natural Rights
According to John Locke, the natural rights are life, liberty, property
According to Thomas Jefferson, the natural rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Thomas Jefferson
Played a key role in leadership during the American Revolution, was the principal drafter of the D.O.I.
Patriot
American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won
Loyalists
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
Valley Forge
Where Washington and the Continental Army settled for the harsh Winter
John Paul Jones
A daring American naval officer raided British ports. When his ship was badly damaged, he said “I have not begun to fight” making him a naval hero to the American patriots
Yorktown, Virginia
Where the British surrendered to the Americans in the Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris
When Great Britain recognized the United States as a new and independent nation
Saratoga, New York
The first major American victory in the war
John Hancock
Member of the Continental Congress, the first signer of the D.O.I
John Locke
Made the natural rights and believed that government was legitiment only as long as people people continued to consent to it
Impressment
Forcing people into naval service
Tyranny
The abuse of power
