U3 - Causes of the American Revolution (Definitions)

LOYALIST (TORIES)

• American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.

• Americans that believed the colonies had a right to govern themselves & rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.

• A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies that met in Philadelphia early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts.

• A (English) group that wanted to separate from the Anglican Church (Church of England) & form their own congregation.

PATRIOTS (WHIGS)

• American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.

• Americans that believed the colonies had a right to govern themselves & rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.

• A (English) group that wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church (Church of England) by making services simpler & doing away with ranks of authority.

• Believed in treating all people equal & received a charter in Pennsylvania named after William Penn (their leader).

FRENCH & INDIAN WAR (1754 – 1763)

• A war for territory between the French/Indians vs. Great Britain. It led to a LARGE war debt for Great Britain.

• Prohibited (stopped) settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mnts. in hope that it would stop conflict with Native Americans.

• A riot arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed 5 colonists.

• The 1st battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts. British troops moved from Boston to Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists' military supplies and arrest rebels.

PROCLAMATION LINE OF 1763

• A war for territory between the French/Indians vs. Great Britain. It led to a LARGE war debt for Great Britain.

• Prohibited (stopped) settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mnts. in hope that it would stop conflict with Native Americans.

• A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies that met in Philadelphia early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts.

• An agreement made in 1215 by King John (& the people) giving rights to all free Englishman

STAMP ACT (1765)

• A TAX that Required colonists to buy stamps for all paper products to pay for war debts.

• A TAX that ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters (housing) and any other items they wanted.

• A TAX on goods imported from Great Britain such as glass, paint, paper, & tea to help pay for British Army in the colonies. (later repealed/take back)

• Lowered the cost of tea that was sold by the British East India Company in the colonies creating a monopoly in the colonies.

QUARTERING ACT (1765)

• A TAX that Required colonists to buy stamps for all paper products to pay for war debts.

• A TAX that ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters (housing) and any other items they wanted.

• A TAX on goods imported from Great Britain such as glass, paint, paper, & tea to help pay for British Army in the colonies. (later repealed/take back)

• A new series of HARSH British taxes in response to the Boston Tea Party. Colonists named them intolerable (unacceptable).

TOWNSHEND ACTS (1767)

• A TAX that Required colonists to buy stamps for all paper products to pay for war debts.

• A TAX that ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters (housing) and any other items they wanted.

• A TAX on goods imported from Great Britain such as glass, paint, paper, & tea to help pay for British Army in the colonies. (later repealed/take back)

• A new series of HARSH British taxes in response to the Boston Tea Party. Colonists named them intolerable (unacceptable).

INTOLERABLE ACTS (1774)

• A TAX that Required colonists to buy stamps for all paper products to pay for war debts.

• A TAX that ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters (housing) and any other items they wanted.

• A TAX on goods imported from Great Britain such as glass, paint, paper, & tea to help pay for British Army in the colonies. (later repealed/take back)

• A new series of HARSH British taxes in response to the Boston Tea Party. Colonists named them intolerable (unacceptable).

TEA ACT (1773)

• A TAX that Required colonists to buy stamps for all paper products to pay for war debts.

• A TAX that ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters (housing) and any other items they wanted.

• A TAX on goods imported from Great Britain such as glass, paint, paper, & tea to help pay for British Army in the colonies. (later repealed/take back)

• Lowered the cost of tea that was sold by the British East India Company in the colonies creating a monopoly in the colonies.

BOSTON MASSACRE (1770)

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