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Arthur Middleton was the son of Henry Middleton. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a SC delegate during the Second Continental Congress. He was a prisoner of war during the American Revolution. After it ended, he served as governor and in many other government positions.

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A representative for South Carolina during the Second Continental Congress and also the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He went on to earn the rank of Captain and was a member of Congress. He was also the 39th Governor of South Carolina.

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A representative for South Carolina during the Second Continental Congress. He signed the Declaration of Independence and went on to serve in the militia. He became a prisoner of war during the Siege of Charleston but was set free. He also served as a judge until his death.

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A representative for South Carolina during the Second Continental Congress. He signed the Declaration of Independence. He disappeared at sea when traveling to France for medical attention.

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The Second Continental Congress started meeting May 1775 and ended meeting July 1778. There were delegates from each colony and their president was John Hancock. They met to draft the Declaration of Independence and discuss the session from Great Britain. The delegates from SC included Thomas Lynch Jr, Thomas Heyward Jr, Edward Rutledge, and Arthur Middleton.

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Inalienable Rights are rights that every living person is entitled to and if these laws are broken by a government, it is the obligation of the people to amend or eliminate that government. These rights are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson mentions these rights in the Declaration of Independence when addressing how the King violated these rights.

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An English philosopher who introduced the idea that all people are entitled to certain natural rights of life, liberty, and property. His ideals became the basis for the Declaration of Independence.

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The document that dissolved The Thirteen Colonies relationship with the British mother country. It was written on July 4th, 1776 and contained the colonies reasons for leaving and placed blame on King George III to unite the colonies. It was drafted and signed at the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House.

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The General Committee of 99 was the temporary government established during 1774 to replace the royal governor. The committee was made up of South Carolina delegates and government officials.

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Henry Middleton was a representative of SC during the First Continental Congress and went on to become the President of the First Continental Congress. Henry Middleton was a governor of SC. His son went on to sign the Declaration of Independence and participate in the Second Continental Congress.

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A protest to the British Tea Act in which the Sons of Liberty unloaded crates of tea into the Boston Harbor on December 16th, 1773. The British responded by creating the Boston Port Act of 1774. There were other protests against the tea but this was the most significant. The Sons of Liberty feared that the cheap tea would threaten the boycott so they started the Boston Tea Party.

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A meeting between representatives from each colony to determine the course of action to be taken in order to protest the Intolerable Acts. At the First Continental Congress, the delegates created a Non-Importation Non-Exportation agreement with England, with the exception of SC. They also made plans to organize a militia and set a date for the Second Continental Congress. They met in October, 1774.

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The British East India Compony was an English tea compony that was given exclusive rights to sell tea in the colonies which allowed them to create a monopoly in the colonies. The British East India Compony was in a lot of debt before they were given total control to the rights of tea in the colonies and England felt this would be a way for them to recover while gaining them profit.

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The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws meant to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. They were passed in 1774 and they included the Boston Port Act and Quartering Act. The Boston Port Act closed the Boston Harbor until the Boston Tea Party was paid for and the Quartering Act required British soldiers to be housed with the colonists. These laws eventually provoked the Boston Massacre and the 1st Continental Congress.

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The Tea Act was a tax on imported tea. This tax also gave the British East India Company complete right s to sell tea in the colonies. Tea was a very important commodity in the colonies. The colonists were very unhappy with this and responded by boycotting the tea and throwing the Boston Tea Party and other protests. This tax was passed on May 10, 1773.

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An organization created in the British colonies designed to regulate the efforts against British taxation. The Sons of Liberty used intimidation and persuasion tactics to enforce boycotts. The Daughters of Liberty refused to buy British boycotts and practiced in spinning bees. The Sons of Liberty are responsible for events like the Boston Tea Party.

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Revoking an act or a law. Britain repealed the the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts.

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A ban or protest that forbids that forbids relations on a certain good or with a certain group. The colonies used boycotts as one of their main tactics for protesting British taxes.

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A collection of representatives from each of the American colonies that discussed a way to created a united and organized boycott of the Stamp Act. Their actions caused the Stamp Act to be repealed. They met in New York from October 7 , 1765, to October 25, 1765.

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An indirect tax is a tax placed on a good or service that is collected by a tax collector or a tax agency but it is the job of the consumer to pay. The Tea Act was an example of an indirect tax.

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A tax that is placed on the income of the person who pays it rather than on a good or service. It is the job of the consumer to pay it and provide it to the government. The Stamp Act was an example of a direct tax.

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A tax that is payed on a specific imported or exported good that is enforced by the law.

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A tax on the colonies passed on March 22, 1765. It placed a tax on all legal documents, stamps, newspapers, etc. It led to the formation of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and the Stamp Act Congress. The act was later repealed and placed with the Townshend Acts.

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The Sugar Act was a tax on imported sugar that was placed on the colonies by England. It was meant to pay off England's large debt after the French and Indian War. It stopped illegal trade with France, but smugglers arose from this conflict. They were tried in a court with no juries. Colonists felt like this was a violation of the Magna Carta. The Sugar Act was passed on April 5, 1764.

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Another conflict that arose from the French and Indian War between the Cherokee and British in the South Carolina Upcountry. The conflict occurred after  the Cherokee felt like their treaty with the British had been broken when the British failed to protect them after French fur traders moved into the Upcountry. The British won the war, the Treaty of Charleston was created, and the Cherokee lost most of their land.

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The conflict between France and England that arose from the French and Indian War and took place in Europe.

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The French and Indian War was a war in North America against the British and the French allied with native american tribes. The war put England in debt and they responded by taxing the colonies. England won causing Spain to lose Florida and France lost all of their land in North America.

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Unit IV: Road to the Revolution Vocabulary

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Unit IV: Road to the Revolution Vocabulary