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| royal governor of Massachusetts, loyal to the crown |
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| up-and-coming officer, sent on dangerous mission to French at beginning of Seven Years' War, becomes commander of VA army at age of 22 |
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| became Britain's prime minister in 1757, changed course of war with "no holds barred" strategy that resulted in terrible loss of life and huge debts |
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| wimpy king of England in 1760, appointed his tutor as head of cabinet |
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| chief of Ottawa tribe in northern Ohio, led uprising against British, failed |
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| member of House of Burgesses whose resolutions inched the assembly towards radical opposition of the Stamp Act |
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| one of the leaders of the organized resistance to Stamp Act in Boston |
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| town militia men ready to form at a minute's notice |
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| Boston silversmith who raced ahead to warn the minutemen of the Lexington/Concord attack |
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| royal governor of VA, offered freedom to able-bodied slaves who defected and joined the British army |
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| group of Virginians with land grant in Ohio on French's land |
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| trade alliance created in 1692 between New York leaders and Mohawk Indians that met in Albany |
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| proposal for a unified colonial government limited to war and defense policies, supported by Thomas Hutchinson and Benjamin Franklin |
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| treaty at end of Seven Years' War, Britain got Canada, Spain got the west, French got a few Caribbean Islands, and the Indians got nothing |
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| forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachians, failed |
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| Grenville (prime minister) lowered the duty on French sugar and made punishments for smuggling stricter in an effort to make money, didn't work well |
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| Grenville imposed tax on all official documents, started "virtual representation" argument over how much Parliament had the right to tax the colonies |
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| Grenville argued colonists were "virtually" represented in Parliament, as all British citizens are, but colonists argued it couldn't withstand stretch across the Atlantic |
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| Patrick Henry's resolutions in House of Burgesses, first three stated the obvious: Virginians were British citizens, enjoyed the same rights and privileges as Britons, self-taxation was one of those rights, fourth: noted Virginians had always taxed themselves through HoB, and fifth, most radical: Virginia assembly alone had the right to tax Virginians |
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| first organized resistance in Boston, spread throughout the colonies, led many resistance movements |
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| delegates representing 9 colonial assemblies met in NYC to make petition about taxation, resembled Virginia Resolves |
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| Stamp Act repealed with this as its replacement, Parliament asserts that they have the right to legislate for the colonies in all rights whatsoever |
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| new duties on tea, glass, lead, paper, and painters' colors imported into the colonies |
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| nonconsumption agreements |
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| called for boycott of all British-made goods |
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| nonimportation agreements |
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| more direct blow to trade, harder to get merchants to agree with |
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| 1768, women played more significant role in politics, conspicuous boycotting |
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| five victims of shooting (due to standing army in colonies) outside of Hutchinson's house |
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| committees of correspondence |
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| network of standing committees to pass news among the colonies |
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| gave favored status to East India Company through new selling process |
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| four laws to punish MA for Tea Party, including: Boston Port Act, MA Government Act, Impartial Administration of Justice Act, and new Quartering Act |
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| resistance against Tea Act by dumping three shiploads of tea into the Boston harbor |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| delegates sought to articulate their liberties as British subjects and the powers Parliament had over them, debated responses to Coercive Acts, 1774 |
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| committees of public safety |
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| committees belonging to Continental Association in various towns, responsible for enforcing boycott |
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