Vocab 150-175

Battle of the Alamance

May 1771 - North Carolina army suppresses Carolina Regulators' rebellion.

Gaspée Incident

June 1772 - Colonials burn British customs ship Gaspée.

Governor Thomas Hutchinson

Royal Governor of Massachusetts, supporter of Parliament's right to tax.

Committees of Correspondence

Groups exchanging anti-British trade measures information.

Lord North

Prime Minister during Revolutionary War, repealed Townshend Acts.

Tea Act, East India Company

Granted East India Company tea trade monopoly in colonies.

Boston Tea Party

Colonials dump tea in Boston Harbor to protest Tea Act.

Coercive Acts

1774 acts in response to Boston Tea Party, including Boston Port Act.

Quebec Act

1774 Act recognizing Roman Catholicism in Quebec.

Suffolk Resolves

October 1774 agreement nullifying Coercive Acts.

Galloway Plan

First Continental Congress proposal for American parliament.

Continental Association

Enforced non-importation of British goods by colonies.

Lexington and Concord

Start of Revolutionary War, British troops clash with colonial militias.

Paul Revere, William Dawes

Warned militias of British approach before Lexington and Concord battles.

Second Continental Congress

1776 Congress that drafted Declaration of Independence.

George Washington

Commander-in-chief of Continental Army during Revolution.

Battle of Bunker Hill

British defeat at Breed's Hill, early Revolutionary War battle.

Olive Branch Petition

1775 peace offer to Britain rejected, leading to American Prohibitory Act.

Thomas Paine: Common Sense

1776 pamphlet advocating colonial independence.

Natural Rights Philosophy

John Locke's theory of inherent human rights.

John Locke, Second Treatise of Government

Philosophy on government, social contract, and rebellion.

George III

Reigned during American Revolution, King of England.

Richard Henry Lee's Resolution

June 1776 resolution for colonial independence.

Massachusetts goverment act

members of massachusetts assembly would no longer be elected but appointed by the king. Another coercive act

Boston Port act

shut down boston harbor for colonists another coercive act.

Impressent

navy policies for british, captain had authority to kidnap sailors.

Charles Knowles

commodore who impressed 46 men rebellions responded by taking knowles officers hostage.

Samuel Adams

defended rioters

James otis

no taxation without represantation

Sons of Neptune

rebellion against colden for placing stamp act in Fort george.

Charles Townshend

created townshend acts

Private Hugh White

officer being harassed by colonists in boston massacre.

Crispus Atticus

african american slave died during boston massacre.

John Adams

defended the britsh soldiers of the boston massacre in court.

Dartmouth

the name of the ship involved in the boston tea party

thomas hutchinson

would not let the ship sail back to london untill tea was unloaded.

griffins wharf

colonists met before boston tea party

daughters of liberty

women who boycotted british goods

regulator movement

conflicts with regions of carolina

James Somerset

slave ran away was caught and through habeas corpus was declared free.

Somerset desicion

ending of slavery in england due to James somerset

Lord dunmore

granted the freedom for slaves for those who fought for english in revolution

Henry Knox

colonel in continental army took over fort ticonderoga

hessions

german mercanaries

Battle of Saratoga

turning point for colonists

Johnn Jay

congress sent to negotiate peace with benjamin franklin and John Adams

fort necessity

first battle of french indian way defeat for Britain. armies led by george washington for the british

fort duquesne

2/3 of british killed under general edward braddock.

expulsion of the acadians

british took over nova scotia and moved 11000 french acadians

plains of abraham

biggest british victory the british took over quebec

Gaudelupe and Martinique

sugar regions france gained after paris peace treaty

jeffery amherst

refused to give gun powder and guns to natives

Neolin

a native who called for the ways of indians beofre colonists.

Pontiac/Pontiac Rebellion

indian rebbellion against colonist ways

Proclamation Line

no english settlements west of appalachain mountains

George Greenville

created greenville administartion replaced amherst

Paxton Boys

the way to end conflict with inidans is that all must die.

Ethan Allen

inspired by locke and leader of vermont green mountain boys.

toussaint loverture

haiti revolt

simon bolivar

venezuela revolt