History 201 Chapter 7
"Champagne Charley" Townshend - ANS-Minister whose clever attempt to impose important
taxes nearly succeeded but eventually brewed trouble for Britain.
Admiralty Courts - ANS-Hated British courts in which juries were not allowed and defendants
were assumed guilty until proven innocent.
Baron Von Steuben - ANS-Organizational genius who turned raw colonial recruits into tough
professional soldiers.
Boston Tea Party - ANS-Event organized by disguised "Indians" to sabotage British support of
British East India Company Monopoly.
Boycott - ANS-The effective form of organized colonial resistance against the Stamp Act, which
made homespun clothing fashionable.
Catholic - ANS-Religion that was granted toleration in the trans-Allegheny West by the Quebec
Act, arousing deep colonial hostility.
Committees of Correspondence - ANS-Underground networks of communication and
propaganda, established by Samuel Adams that sustained colonial resistance.
Continental Paper Money - ANS-Currently authorized by congress to finance the Revolution and
depreciated to near worthlessness.
Crispus Attucks - ANS-Alleged leader of radical protesters killed in Boston Massacre.
Enumerated Products - ANS-The term for products, such as tobacco, that could be shipped only
to England and not to foreign markets.
First Continental Congress - ANS-Body, led by John Adams that issued a Declaration of Rights
and order The Association to boycott all British goods.
George Grenville - ANS-British minister who raised a storm of protest by passing the Stamp Act.
George III - ANS-Stubborn ruler, lustful for power, served by compliant ministers like Lord North.
Hessians - ANS-German mercenaries hired by George III to fight the American revolutionaries.
Intolerable Acts - ANS-Harsh measure of retaliation for a tea party, including the Boston Port
Act.
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