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John Locke
an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers
King George III
George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801,
Sugar Act
Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian
Stamp Act 1765
was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London
The Townshend Acts
or Townshend Duties, refers to a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 relating to the British colonies in America
homespun
(of cloth or yarn) made or spun at home.
the committees of correspondence
were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution
the committees of correspondence
were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution
Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston
The Boston Tea Party
was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.
The Coercive
Acts describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, relating to Britain's colonies in North America. Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party
The Continental Congress
was initially a convention of delegates from a number of British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution, who acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States of America
The Battles of Lexington
and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
George Washington
was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence.
John Dunmore
known as Lord Dunmore, was a Scottish peer and colonial governor in the American colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last colonial governor of Virginia.
declaration of independence
The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
The Battles of Saratoga
marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined
Articles of Confederation
and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
Loyalists
American colonists who stayed loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War
The Currency Act
of Credit Act is one of many several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America
The Intolerable Acts
were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government
salutary neglect
he British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, especially trade laws,
The Constitutional Convention
took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787
The Virginia Plan
was a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature
New Jersey Plan
was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress, both elected with apportionment according to population.
great compromise
was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
