Unit 3 Flashcards
(29 cards)
Stamp Act
Law passed by Parliment to make colonists buy a stamp to place on many items such as wills and newspaper
Samuel Adam’s
One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty
Townsend Acts
Laws passed by Parliment in 1767 that sets taxes on imports to the colonies
Boston Massacre
Conflict between colonists and British soilders in which five colonists were killed
Committed of correspondence
A network of communication set up in MAssachusetts and Virginia other colonies of ways that Britain threestened colonial rights
Boston Tea Party
Protest against increased tea prices in which colonist dumped
British tea into Boston Harbor
King George III
King of England during AMericna Revolution
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws set up by Parliemtn to punish Massachusetts foe its protests again set the British
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws set up by Parliemtn to punish Massachusetts foe its protests again set the British
Martial LAw
Rule by the military
Minutemen
Civilian SOilders
Second Continental Congress
The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independance
Olive Branch Petetion
An offer of peace sent by the Second Contineteal Congress to King George III
Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy
Thomas Jefferson
Main author of the Declaration of Independance
Declaration of Independence
Document that said the United States was an independent nation
Patriots
Colonists who wanted independance from Britain
Loyalist
Colonist who were loyal to Britain
Trenton
Battle won by the AMericans in 1776
Saratoga
Battle won by the Americans in 1777; turning point of the Revoluation
Valley Forge
Place where Washington’s army spent the winter of 1776-1778
Inflation
Rice in the price of goods
Profiteering
Selling Goods that are difficult to come by for a profit
Fredrick von Steuben
Prussian officer who helped train American Soliders
