Road to Revolution Study Guide

Road to Revolution Study Guide

Timeline

1754 French and Indian War begins

1763 French and Indian War ends (Treaty of Paris)

1765 The Stamp Act

1770 Boston Massacre

1773 Boston Tea Party

June 1774 Quartering Act is passed by Parliament

September 1774 First Continental Congress convenes

April 1775 American Revolution begins

May 1775  Second Continental Congress convenes

Vocabulary and Terms

the French and Indian War	a war in the mid 1700s between France and Britain.
perspective	how a person looks at a problem or an event
representative government	a form of democracy where people choose representatives to make decisions for them
House of Burgesses	the Jamestown group of men who made the laws
Sons of Liberty	a network of secret organizations formed to protest the Stamp Act
import	a good that a country or region buys from another country or region
boycott	when people refuse to have dealings with another person or company in order to show disapproval
Committees of Correspondence	Groups that formed in order to communicate between the colonies.
government by consent	people have to agree to governed
right to petition	the right to issue a written request or complaint to an authority
loyalists	Colonists who remained loyal to the king
patriots	colonists who protested against the British
militia	units of soldiers that began in towns and villages
civic virtue	putting the common good above personal interests
popular sovereignty	the power and authority of the government comes from the people
equality	equal treatment and equal protection
No taxation without representation	The colonists didn’t want to pay taxes to England if they couldn’t help decide how to spend the tax money