Unit 3 - Road to Revolution Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions covering colonial conflicts, enlightenment ideas, British taxation acts, and events leading to the American Revolution directly from the lecture notes.

King Philip's War

A massive armed conflict in new england between english colonists and a confederation of native americans

Great Awakening

A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s-1740s

Enlightenment

This movement which took place during the 1700s spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society

John Lock

Philosher thought that people had natural rights

Natural Rights

People thought they had equality and liberty

Social Contract

An unofficial agreement between a group of people and their government

Allies

Some who looks for one and another

George Washington

He was the revolutionary war hero and a patriot leader he served as a representative to the continental congress

French and Indian War

Tension had arisen. Both sides attacked each other settlements killing men women and children the fighting ended in 1676

Treaty of Paris (1763)

A peace agreement that officially ended the revolutionary war and established british recognition of independence of the usa

Pontiac’s Rebellion

A 1763 war in which an alliance of native americans tribes fought against british rule in the great lakes ohio river valleys religions

Proclamation of 1763

A law issued by kind george lll of great britain on october 7 1763 at the end of the french and indian war

Parliament

Law making body of a country who are elected to hold government accountable

King George III

Was the ruler of great britain and ireland from 1760 until his death and he was the king in power during the american revolution

Taxation Without Representation

A situation where a government forces people to pay taxes even though they have no say in the votes of elected representatives in making those laws

Sugar Act

In 1764 the parliament passed the sugar act which set duties on molasses and sugar

Stamp Act

This act required colonies to pay for an official stamp or seal when they bought paper items

Boycott

When a group of people refuse to buy ,use or deal with a beanies ,country, of person as a form for peaceful protest to demand change

Sons of Liberty

Secret groups of americans who formed in 1765 to protest unfair British laws and taxes

Samuel Adams

Believed that parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission

Townshend Acts

A series of laws passed by the British parliament in 1767 and 1768 that placed import taxes on everyday goods

Boston Massacre

They used it as propaganda a story giving only one side in an argument against the British colonists called the shootings the boston massacre

Crispus Attucks

American sailor of African and Indigenous descent

Propaganda

They passed the coercive acts

Tea Act

In 1773 which allowed the brush east india company to sell tea direct to the colonist

Boston Tea Party

On the night of December 16 1773 colonists disguised as Indians sneaked onto the three tea filled ships and dumped over 340 sheets into Boston harbor

Intolerable Acts

In the spring of 1774 it passed the coercive acts colonists called these laws the intolerable acts

Quartering Acts

It required colonist to house british soldiers