Chapter 5The Road to Revolution

Vocabulary

The French and Indian War • War from 1753-1759 that was

fought between England and her colonies and the French and the Indians

Albany Plan of Union

• Plan created by Ben Franklin that attempted to get the 13 colonies to unite to fight the French

Treaty of Paris (1763)• Ended the French and Indian War,

gave England all of France’s land in America

Proclamation of 1763

• Law that drew an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mts, and forbid colonists from moving west of that line—avoid conflicts w/ Indians

Sugar Act

• 1764- law that put a tax on many items including sugar and molasses

Stamp Act• 1765—law that required all printed

materials to have an official British stamp—raised the price of paper products

Quartering Act

• 1765 &1767—law that required Colonists to feed and house British soldiers without any repayment

Townshend Acts

• 1767—law that taxed common everyday items like glass, paint, lead, etc.

Tea Act• 1773—law that allowed British East India

Co. to sell tea directly to the colonists—upset colonial merchants

Petition

• A formal written request signed by a group of people

Boycott

• To refuse to buy goods or use services

Repeal

• To cancel

Writs of Assistance• Legal document that let British officials

inspect ships or businesses without a reason

Committee of Correspondence

• Letter writing campaign between the colonies that reported on events in Massachusetts

Nonimportation Agreements

• Agreement between American merchants not to import or buy British goods taxed by the Townshend Acts

Sons of Liberty• Organization of men that protested the

British laws and policies—protests, boycotts, occasional violence

Intolerable Acts• (Coercive Acts) laws placed on Massachusetts

in early 1774 to punish them for the Boston Tea Party—closed Boston Harbor

First Continental Congress• September 1774—meeting of colonial delegates in

Philadelphia—agreed to boycott British goods and set up militas

Militia

• An army of citizens who serve as soldiers

Minutemen• Massachusetts volunteer soldiers who

trained regularly and were ready to fight