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american revolution
road to revolution and revolution test review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Navigation Act | Colonists could only trade with the English and items can only be transported on English ships |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Colonist can not move west of Appalachian mountains |
| Sugar Act | Tax put on molasses |
| Stamp Act | placed stamp on tax on all documents |
| Townshend Act | tax on lead,paint, and glass |
| Boston Massacre | unarmed colonists killed by British troops |
| loyalist | someone during the revolution that was loyal to the King |
| Declaration of Independence | Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and explains why they are leaving Britain |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty throw tea into the bay in protest of the Tea Act |
| Direct representation | representation by someone from the area |
| Virtual representation | representation by someone not from the are |
| Intolerable Act | Britain's reaction to the Tea Party set to punish Boston |
| Quartering Act | Colonists were forced to house and feed troops |
| Writs of Assistance | officials could search anyone without a warrant |
| Taxation without Representation | the rallying cry of the colonists, were unhappy with not having a say in taxes on colonies |
| 2nd Continental Congress | nominated George Washington as commander in chief of the colonial army |
| Battle of Saratoga | turning point of the revolution colonist victory convinces France to join war |
| France | helps the colonists by giving them men and money |
| Battle of Trenton | Washington's forces attack the hessian (German) troops and colonist victory |
| Battle of Yorktown | Britain surrenders and the colonist win the revolution |
| Lafayette | French general that comes to the aide of Washington's colonial army |
| Thomas Paine | wrote "common sense" which convinces colonists to break away from Britain |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | Gives independence to the colonists, from Atlantic to the Mississippi river, Spain gets Florida |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy or use something |