Proclamation of 1763
law forbidding British colonists from steeling west of the Appalachian Mountains to help decrease conflicts with Native Americans
Revenue
Income
Writs of Assistance
Legal document that allowed British customs officials (tax collectors) to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason (helped them look for smuggled goods)
Sugar Act
1764 law passed by Parliament that taxed the molasses (not sugar) the British colonists imported
Stamp Act
1765 law passed by Parliament that taxed legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice
Resolution
an official expression of opinion by a group
Stamp Act Congress
group of elegates from 9 colonies who met in New York in Octover 1765 to protest the Stamp Act; declared in a statement to the king and Parliament that only colonial assemblies could tax the colonists
Boycott
to refuse to buy goods or services in order
Repeal
to cancel an act or law
Declaratory Act
1766 law passed by Parliament declaring it had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies "in all cases
Townshend Act
1767 law passed by Parliament to tax colonial imports such as glass, paint, paper, lead & tea
Boston Massacre
1770 conflict between colonists and British troops in which 5 colonists were killed
Committee of Correspondence
Letter writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies
Tea Act
1773 law passed by Parliament that let the British East India Company bypass merchants and sell directly to the colonists.
Civil Disobedience
The use of non-violent protests to challenge a government or its laws; the refusal to obey laws considered unjust
Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts
1774 laws passed by Parliament to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party known as the Intolerable Acts by the Colonists (Such as allowing British soldiers to live among the colonists), banning town meeting ins Massachusetts and closing Boston Harbor until
Quebec Act
1774 law passed by Parliament to create a goverment for Canada and extend Canada's territory all the way to the Ohio River.
(first) Continental Congress
In September 1774, a meeting in Philadelphia of 55 delegates from 12 colonies to set up a political body to represent the colonists and challenge British control. (Georgia did not attend)
Grievance
Complaint
Minutemen
colonial militia volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minute's notice
Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775, sights of first fighting between the British soldiers and colonial minutement outside of Boston, MA. (Unoffical beginning of the American Revolution)
Battle of Bunker Hill
June 17, 1775, first official battle of the American Revolution in Boston, MA between British forces and colonial militia commanded by Colonel William Prescott
Patriots
Colonist who favored war against Great Britain
Loyalists
Colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain.