APUSH - Revolution to Constitution Study Guide

Who wanted separation of Church and State?

Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, The Quakers, The puritans.

Committees of correspondence.

Committees of Correspondence were Patriot-organized communication networks in the thirteen American colonies that helped to unify colonial opposition to British policies in the years leading up to the American Revolution. These groups served as vital communication systems, disseminating information about British actions, educating townspeople, organizing collective action, and ultimately laying the groundwork for the Continental Congress. 

Declaratory act.

The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a British parliamentary act that simultaneously repealed the unpopular Stamp Act and asserted Parliament's supreme authority to legislate for the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever". While a strategic move to avoid humiliation over the Stamp Act's repeal, the act established the fundamental principle of Parliament's unchecked power over the colonies, which heightened tensions and paved the way for further conflicts leading up to the American Revolution. 

“But if we want to we can.”

Battle of Bunker Hill.

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