(Unit 2 FLashcards) Road to Revolution

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A law issued by Britain after the French and Indian War that forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to avoid conflicts with Native Americans.

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The Proclamation of 1763

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A British law that taxed printed materials in the American colonies, such as newspapers and legal documents, requiring them to have a special stamp to show the tax was paid.

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The Stamp Act (1765)

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A group of American colonists who organized protests against British taxes and laws before the Revolutionary War, playing a key role in events such as the Boston Tea Party.

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The Sons of Liberty

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A series of British laws that taxed goods such as glass, tea, paper, and paint imported into the American colonies, leading to widespread protests and boycotts by the colonists.

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Townshend Acts (1767)

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Groups organized by American colonists to share information and coordinate responses to British policies, helping unite the colonies in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

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Committees of Correspondence

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A violent confrontation in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of American colonists in Boston, killing five people. This event fueled anti-British sentiment and helped spark the American Revolution.

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Boston Massacre (1770)

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A protest by American colonists against the British Tea Act, in which they boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped over 300 chests of tea into the water to oppose taxation without representation.

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Boston Tea Party (1773)

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A series of British laws, also called the Intolerable Acts, meant to punish Boston for the Tea Party by closing its harbor and limiting colonial self-government, which united the colonies against Britain.

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Coercive Acts (1774)

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The first battles of the American Revolutionary War, where colonial militia confronted British troops and forced them to retreat, marking the start of open conflict between Britain and the American colonies.

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Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)

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A final attempt by American colonists to avoid war with Britain, in which they asked King George III for peace and the protection of their rights. It was rejected, leading to the Revolutionary War.

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Olive Branch Petition (1775)