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Road to Revolution
Events and ideas leading to the American Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Proclamation of 1763 | Drew an imaginary line down the Appalachians with no colonial settlement west of the line |
| Sugar Act | Placed a tax on the main ingredient in molasses and rum; made it easier to catch smugglers |
| Stamp Act | required colonists to pay a direct tax on all paper used. Colonists had to use special paper from London for all paper products |
| Quartering Act | Made colonists house British soldiers and provide them with food weapons and supplies |
| Townshend Acts | Taxed the import of paint, lead, glass, paper and tea. Set us British courts in the colonies to enforce laws. |
| Tea Act | Tried to help the British East India Company by shipping its surplus tea to the colonies to sell below the price of colonial merchants |
| Intolerable Acts | Response to Boston Tea Party. Closed Boston to all trade except food, fuel and provisions for British troops. Dissolved the colonial assembly of Massachusetts. |
| Boston Massacre | Five rioting Boston citizens shot by British troops |
| Stamp Act Boycott | American colonists refuse to buy British products until the Stamp Act is repealed. |
| Sons of Liberty | Working class organization formed to protest the Stamp Act |
| Committees of Correspondence | Groups of leaders set up in all colonies to share information about British taxes and colonial protests against British actions |
| George III | King of England before and during the American Revolution |
| Mercantilism | Economic theory that says a nation gets wealthy when more money flows into the country through exports than flows out through imports |
| Boston Tea Party | Action by the Sons of Liberty to stop the sale of cheap British Tea in Boston. Tons of tea were dumped into the harbor. |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | First direct military confrontation between British troops and American militia. |
| militia | part time soldiers |
| First Continental Congress | Meeting of representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies. Formed in response to the Intolerable Acts |
| Minutemen | Farmers who volunteered to fight. They would leave their guns by the door so they could be ready to fight "at a minute's notice". |
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