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The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt, 1763-1783

Chapter 5

Americans rebelling against the English rule. Many fled to America because they felt a loyalty to the British crown while the seven war was going on. Those that fled also went to several other countries like Canada, England, and the West Indies. Over 100,000 left, they were spread throughout the colonies. Also many remained silent throughout the war.The relationship between England internal political problems, and the loss of its colonial empire in America, was that the exchequer was empty. There were many other proposals. The Boston tea party was taken in place, which soon after led to the coercive acts and all America rebellion. After all of this the independence was declared. The Americans finally won the military struggle against the British

Important Facts:
~Parliamentary Sovereignty-A concept in the Anglo-American.

~Virtual Representation-Notion that although colonists had not elected members to parliament, they were nonetheless represented by it.

~Stamp Act Congress-Meeting of colonial delegates in New York City in October 1765 to protest the Stamp Act, a law passed by Parliament to raise revenue in America.

~Boston Massacre-A violent confrontation between British troops and a Boston mob on March 5,1770.

~Committee of Correspondence-Vast Communication network formed in Massachusetts and other colonies to communicate grievances and provide colonists with evidence of British oppression.

~Coercive Acts-Also known as the Intolerable Acts, the four pieces of legislation passed by Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston tea party were meant to punish the colonies.

~First Continental Congress-A meeting of delegates from twelve colonies in Philadelphia in 1774, the congress denied parliaments authority to legislate for the colonies, condemned British actions toward the colonies, created the continental Association, and right to vote in the south.

~Norimportation-
During their controversy with Britain over taxation, the colonists devised a strategy of political resistance in which they boycotted a wide range of British imported goods to put economic pressure on Britain.

Second Continental Congress-This meeting took place in Philadelphia in May 1775, in the midst of rapidly unfolding military events.

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