us history module 3 vocab

Stamp act

Tax on legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, almanacs

Townshend acts

Placed indirect tax on imported materials like glass, lead, paper, and paint and a 3 penny tax on tea

Boston massacre

British attack on defenseless citizens

Committees of correspondence

Lines of communication between colonies about British threats

Boston tea party

Boston rebels disguised as Native Americans boarded three British tea ships in the harbor and dumped 90,000 lbs tea

Intolerable acts

Nickname by colonists of the Coersive Acts, passed by Parliament after the Boston tea party

Martial law

Rule imposed by military forces

First constitutional congress

Delegates met in Philadelphia

Minutemen

Civilian soldiers stockpiled firearms and gunpowder

Second continental congress

Colonies met to establish continental army led George Washington

Olive branch petition

Sent to king George from second continental congress asking for peace between Britain and colonies

Common sense

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine attacking King George and calling colonists to claim independence

Declaration of Independence

Written by Thomas Jefferson

Patriots

Supports of independent

Loyalists

Opposed independence and remained loyal to crown

Valley forge

Where Washington and his 10,000 men camped for winter in Pennsylvania

Inflation

Printed more money, value plunged, and prices rose