1. UNIT 2 VOCABULARY—SOL 4

2. John Locke
-English political philosopher, social contract, natural rights of life, liberty, property

3. Social Contract
-between people and ruler, ruler is given power to rule in exchange for protecting people’s natural rights

4. Thomas Paine
-wrote Common Sense

5. Common Sense
told of reasons why the colonies should end British rule

6. Enlightenment
-period of questioning and attempts of answering, believed in natural laws

7. Declaration of Independence
-July 4, 1776, written by Thomas Jefferson

8. Thomas Jefferson
wrote the Declaration of Independence, patriot leader

9. Proclamation of 1763
banned colonists from moving to live west of the Appalachians

10. Stamp Act
-required a stamp on all legal documents, was a tax by Parliament, led to protests and turmoil

11. Boston Tea Party
-colonists dressed as Indians dumped crates of British tea in Boston Harbor rather pay a tea tax, led to the Intolerable Acts

12. First Continental Congress
-Met in Philadelphia to discuss colonial response to British taxes

13. Boston Massacre
-5 colonists were killed by British soldiers who had been provoked by a colonial mob, Crispus Attucks was killed first

14. Minutemen
-Massachusetts militia men who were to be ready to fight “in a minute’s notice”

15. Patriots
-for independence from England

16. Loyalists
remained faithful to the British government

17. Neutrals
-did not choose a side unless the war affected them directly

18. Benjamin Franklin
-patriot, lived in Philadelphia, ambassador to France

19. George Washington
-commander of all colonial forces, Pres. of Constitutional Convention, first U.S. president

20. Turning Point Battle of Saratoga
-turning point of the war, convinced France to become our ally
Turning Point

21. Battle of Yorktown
-last battle of the war, Britain lost, led to colonial freedom

22. Mercantilism
a mother country establishes colonies form her benefit

23. Salutary Neglect
-England did not enforce the Navigation Acts, colonies got used to self-government

24. Navigation Acts
-attempt by Parliament to regulate colonial trade in the late 1600’s
Parliament tries to control trade.