Terms to Know Flashcards
Stamp Act
Required Tax to be paid on certain documents, stamp was placed on document after it was paid
Quartering Act
British soldiers had to be quarters in colonial homes
Navigation Acts
Trade could only be conducted with British ships, items had to be sent from and through Great Britain
Writs of Assistance
Search warrants that gave British soldiers the right to search colonists homes and business whenever and for whatever reason
Sons of Liberty
Groups of Patriots that supported the cause of Independence from Great Britain, helped get Stamp Act to go away
Boston Tea Party
Event where tons of tea were dumped into harbor
Intolerable aka Coercive Acts
In response to the Boston Tea Party, British closed the Boston Port, no town meetings allowed, and British soldiers tried in British
Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine calling for independence
Boston Massacre
Mob of colonists descended upon British soldiers, British killed 5 colonists
Committees of Correspondence
Organization letter writers among the colonists to keep colonists informed of all events
First Continental Congress
In Philadelphia, GA didn’t send a delegate. Tried to reach out to King George III and they weren’t pushing for independence yet
Second Continental Congress
Held after first battles of Revolutionary War, placed George Washington in charge of the army, agreed to declare independence
French and Indian War
War between French and Indians and the British over land claims in the New World, the British won and the French had to give up their land east of the Mississippi River
Confederation
Form of government in which an alliance of independent states create a central government with very limited power
Articles of Confederation
First plan of national government after independence from Britain
