American Heritage Vocabulary: Chapter 5

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Rallying cry of the colonists during the Revolutionary period because of the taxes placed on theme y a Parliament in which they had no representation.

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Taxation without Representation

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Legislation passed by the British government in 1773 designed to give the British East India Company a monopoly on tea in the colonies the Act led to the infamous Boston Tea Party.

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Tea Act

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On December 16, 1773, American colonists protested the British tax on tea by dumping 342 crates pf British tea into the Boston harbor.

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Boston Tea Party

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Groups organized by local colonial governments for the purpose of coordinating written communication with the other colonies. They disseminated the colonial interpretation of British actions among the colonies to foreign governments. The network of committees would later provide the basis for formal political union among the colonies.

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Committees of Correspondence

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1736-1799 "give me liberty or give me death"; Anti-federalist who pushed for a Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution before the ratification of the Constitution.

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Patrick Henry

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body of representatives from British North American colonies who met to respond to England's Intolerable Acts; declared independence in July 1776 and later drafted the Articles of Confederation.

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Continental Congress

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1776 Document expressing the desire and intention of the American colonies to break ties with Britain due to the injustices penetrated by King George III.

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Declaration of Independence

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1743-1826 3rd president; Principal author of Declaration of Independence; influential Founding Father; promoted classical liberalism, republicanism, and separation of church of state.

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Thomas Jefferson

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1737-1809 an English intellectual scholar, revolutionary, deist and idealist; spent much of his time in America and France; Radical pamphleteer, helped foment the American Revolution through his powerful writings; "Common Sense"

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Thomas Paine

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A political tract written by Thomas Paine that helped convince colonists about the necessity to fight against Britain and to become independent.

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Common Sense

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1735-1818 American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution, Revere is will-known for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord. He helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military.

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Paul Revere

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1732-1799 Led Continental Army to victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War; 1st president; "Father of his Country"

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George Washington

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Being half human and half godlike; trait sometimes wrongly attributed to Founding Fathers.

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Demigod