The War for Independence - Chapter 4 Flashcards
To analyze the causes of the American Revolution and understand the important events of the war as well as the role played by significant individuals during the conflict.
Law passed by Parliament to make colonists by a tamp to place on many items such as wills and newspapers
Stamp Act
One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on imports to the colonies
Townshend Acts
Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which four colonists were killed
Boston Massacre
A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies of ways that Britain threatened colonial rights
Committees of Correspondence
Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
King of England during the American revolution
King George III
A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British
Intolerable Acts
Rule by the military
Martial law
Civilian soldiers
Minutemen
The meeting of the colonies delegates that approved the Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress
An offer of sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III
Olive Branch Petition
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy
Common Sense
Document that said that the United States was an independent nation
Declaration of Independence
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
Patriots
