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Stamp Act
Law passed by Parliament to make colonists buy a stamp to place on many items
Samuel Adams
One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty
Townshend Acts
Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on imports to the colonies
Boston Massacre
Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which four colonists were killed
Committees of Correspondence
A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies of ways that Britain threatened colonial rights
Boston Tea Party
Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor
King George III
King of England during the American Revolution
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British
Martial Law
rule by the military
Minutemen
civilian soldiers
Second Continental Congress
The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independence
Olive Branch Petition
An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III
Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy
Thomas Jefferson
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Patriots
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
Loyalists
Colonists who were loyal to Britain
Battle of Trenton
Battle won by the Americans in 1776
Saratoga
Battle won by the Americans in 1777
Inflation
rise in the price of goods
Profiteering
Selling goods that are difficult to come by for a profit
Friedrich von Steuben
Prussian officer who helped train American soldiers
Marquis de Lafayette
French noble who helped the Americans
Charles Cornwallis
British General
Yorktown
Battle that gave Americans victory in the war
Treaty of Paris
Treaty that officially ended the war
Egalitarianism
A belief in equality
Ambush
to attack from a hidden place
boycott
to refuse to buy certain goods
Casualty
one who is injured or killed
corrupt
influenced by others to be dishonest
delegate
a person given power to act for others; a representative to a convention
isolate
to set apart from others
repeal
to cancel
Who led a secret group of colonists called the Sons of Liberty, who protested British Actions?
Samuel Adams
The Second Continental Congress sent King George III an offer for peace, called the
Olive Branch Petiton
Thomas Paine argued for the colonies independence from Great Britain in what?
his pamphlet, Common Sense
The battle at ____________ convinced the French to help the Americans.
Trenton, Yorktown or Saratoga
Valley Forge
place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-78
Author
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ID
39767
Card Set
American Revolution
Description
Taxation without representation
Updated
2010-10-05T00:19:43Z
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