Colonialism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
salutary neglect
An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies in exchange for the loyalty of the colonies
loyalist
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
patriot
American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won
self government
a system of government in which people make their own laws
God, glory, gold
reasons for European exploration
mercantilism
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by exporting more goods than they bought and using colonies
John Adams
America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not to be restrained.
Pilgrims
Group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were taunting them, first bloodshed of the Revolutionary War period
Townshend Acts
A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on leads, glass, paint and tea
Lexington and Concord
April 8, 1775: Gage leads 700 soldiers to confiscate colonial weapons and arrest Adam, and Hancock; militia and soldiers face off in the first official battle in the Revolutionary War
European Exploration -> Colonialism
competition between the European countries for wealth and power lead to setting up colonies in order to make the mother countries more wealthy.
Salutary Neglect -> Colonial Self-Government
the colonies were being neglected by the British so they had to set up their own government in order to keep operating
French and Indian War -> End of Salutary Neglect
Because of the war debts, Britain forced new taxes and regulations, leading to a firmer rule over the colonies.