Vocab

By,

Mr. Love

Table of Contents

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Jamestown

The first colony in America; set up in 1607 along the James River in Virginia.

Puritans

Protestants who wanted to reform the church of England.

Mayflower Compact

• Written by the Pilgrims• A “social contract” • An example of “self”-government.

Town Meetings

• A political meeting.• People make decisions on local issues.• Used primarily in New England.

English Bill of Rights

• Limits King’s power.• British Parliament has majority of power.• British citizens have more individual rights

Great Awakening

•A religious movement.•American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.•Refocusing on religious values.•

Toleration Act of 1649

A Maryland law that made restricting the religious rights of Christians a crime; the first law guaranteeing religious freedom to be passed in America.

Quakers

• Protestant/Christian left England• Focus on Diversity; no violence; equality.• Believe that salvation for all people.

Sugar Act

• Tax all imported sugar and molasses• Increase money for England

Stamp Act of 1765

• A law passed by Parliament• Raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay.• Taxed paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents.

TEA ACT of 1773

• East Indie’s Company allowed to sell tea• E.I.C. sold cheaper tea• Colonial tea business in danger• Colonialist boycott British goods

TOWNSHEND ACT

• Tax on lead, paint, paper, playing cards• British taxing again to raise money

Boston Massacre

An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing people.

Boston Tea Party

•A protest against the Tea Act.•Colonists dumped 340+/- tea chests•Sons of Liberty are responsible.

Intolerable Acts

•Laws passed by Parliament.•Punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.•Tighten government control of the colonies.

First Continental Congress

A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of authority by the British government; delegates petitioned King George III, listening the freedoms they believed colonists should enjoy. The declaration of rights was also drafted here.

Second Continental Congress

A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord. The declaration of Independence was made here also.

George Washington

Revolutionary War hero and Patriot leader, he served as a representative to the Continental Congresses, commanded the Continental Army, and was unanimously elected to two terms as President of the United States.

Continental Army

The army created by the second Continental congress in 1775 to defend the colonies from Britain.

Patriot

American colonists who fought for Independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.

Loyalist

Colonists who sided with Britain in the American Revolution.

Declaration of Independence

The document written to declare the colonies free from British rule