Unit 3 - Road to Revolution Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms, figures, and definitions from Unit 3: Road to Revolution.

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 and 1740s.

Enlightenment

Spread the logic that logic could improve society.

John Locke

Philosopher who thought that people had natural rights.

Natural Rights

Equality, and liberty.

Social Contract

An agreement where people give up a small amount of their total freedom in exchange for safety.

Allies

A person, group, or nation that cooperates with another for a common purpose, typically through a formal treaty or agreement.

George Washington

A revolutionary war hero, and patriot; he served as a representative to the continental congress and a commander for the army.

French and Indian War

When tension had risen, causing both sides to attack each other's settlements killing men, women, and children; 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 American tribes fought against British rule in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley regions.

Proclamation of 1763

A law issued by King George III of Great Britain on October 7, 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War.

Parliament

Passed a series of navigation acts limiting colonial trade.

King George III

The ruler of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death, and 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, vote, or elected representative in making those laws.

Sugar Act

A British law passed by Parliament to raise money from the American colonies to help pay off the huge debt from the French and Indian War.

Stamp Act

Required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they brought paper items.

Boycott

When a group of people refuses to buy, use, or deal with a business, country, or person as a form of peaceful protest to demand change or show disapproval.

Sons of Liberty

Secret groups of American colonists 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

Used as propaganda, a story giving only one side in an argument against the British; colonists called the shooting the Boston massacre.

Crispus Attucks

A man of African and Native American descent who became the first casualty (person killed) of the Boston massacre and the american revolution.

Propaganda

A story giving only one side in an argument; in the notes associated with: They passed the Coercive acts.

Tea Act

Allowed british east india company to sell tea directly to the colonists.

Boston Tea Party

Colonists dumped 340 chests of tea into the Boston harbor.

Intolerable Acts

The name the colonists called the Coercive acts.

Quartering Acts

Required colonists to house British soldiers.