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Holland
European nation other than France and Spain that supported the American Revolution by declaring war on Britain
Bunker Hill
military engagement that led King George III officially to declare the colonists in revolt
Thomas Paine
British immigrant who wrote Common Sense
Thomas Jefferson
drafted Declaration of Independence
Franklin, Jay, John Adams
worked with the British to win a generous peace treaty
General William Howe
British general who chose to relax in New York and Philadelphia rather than march up the Hudson River to fight
Joseph Brant
Mohawk chief who led many Iroquois to fight with Britain against American revolutionaries
mercantilism
basic economic and political theory by which 17th and 18th century European powers governed their overseas colonies
Navigation Laws
set of laws passed by Parliament that restricted colonial trade and directed it to the benefit of Britain. largely ignored by the American colonists
enumerated goods
products that could legally only be shipped to England and not foreign markets
admiralty courts
hated British courts in which juries were not allowed and defendants were assumed guilty until they could be proven innocent
virtual representation
British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including American colonists, even if they did not vote for its members.
nonimportation agreements
effective form of organized colonial resistance against the Stamp Act; made homespun clothing fashionable
tea
the product taxed under the Townshend Acts that generated the most colonial resistance
committees of correspondence
underground networks of communication and propaganda established by Samuel Adams that sustained colonial resistance
catholicism
religion which was granted toleration in the Quebec Act
