Townshend Acts
Parliament was indirectly taxing the colonists on imported goods (glass, paint, lead, paper - 3% tax on tea
Boston Massacre
5 Colonist killed in Boston by British troupes
Committees of Correspondence
Communication network of all the 13 colonies about British threats to their liberty
Boston Tea Party
The dumping of 18,000 lbs of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act
Intolerable Acts/coercive acts
A series of laws enacted by Parliament to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party - Established MARSHALL LAW (POLICE ACTION AS GOVERNMENT) in Boston and closed its harbor
Martial Law
Temporary rule by military
Minutemen
Patriot civilian soldiers ready in a minute to go fight
Second Continental Congress
May 1775 - men that made up and served as the national government during the Revolutionary War. - Approved the Dec. of Independence
Olive Branch Petition
A document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III proposing a reconciliation between the colonies and the British.
Patriots
Colonists who supported American independence from Britain
Loyalists
A colonist who supported the British government during the American Revolution
Valley Forge
The site for the Continental Army's camp during the winter of 1777-1778 under General George Washington
Saratoga
New York Battlefield that was the MAJOR TURNING POINT in the war for Independence
Inflation
An increase in Prices or decline in purchasing power due to in crease in the supply of money
Profiteering
The selling of goods in short supply at inflated prices
Yorktown
Final battle of the War of Independence -soon British General Cornwallis would surrender
Egalitarianism
The belief that all people should have equal political, economic, and civil rights
Battle of Bunker Hill
First major battle of the American Revolution (It was really fought primarily on BREED's Hill)
Battle of Trenton
Surprise attack led by George Washington on Christmas night 1776
Declaratory Act
Stated the Parliament had the right to make laws for the Colonies in EVERY MATTER
Tea Act
Parliament made this act to help the British East INdia Company - by not having they pay import taxes - they would be able to have a monopoly on selling their tea - more cheaply
Stamp Act
1765 Law Parliament make the first direct tax on good and services in the colonies
