American Revolution causes vocabulary

A war in North America between France and Britain.

• Tea party

• French & Indian War

• Sons of Liberty War

• Patriot War

Delegates from all conlonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence.

• 2nd Continental Congress

• Townshend Act

• 1st Continental Congress

• Congress of Massachusetts

A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint, and tea.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Patriot Act

Law passed by Parliament undermining Colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party.

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Intorable Acts

• Patriot Act

Organizations that led protests, helped American soldiers, instated a boycott, and resisted the British.

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• Native Americans

• Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty

England's legislative body

• Democracy

• Republicans

• Democrats

• Parliament

Law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspaper, etc.

• Tea Act

• Intorable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Parliament

American colonists who refused to respect the authority of England's government

• Boston

• Loyalists

• Patriot

• French

Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into the Boston harbor.

• Philidelphia Tea Party

• Georgia Tea Party

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party

American colonists who remained loyal to England.

• Colonists

• Loyalists

• Patriot

• Americans