ACTS
This order prohibited, or barred colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains, on Native American Land.
The Proclamation of 1763
On March 5, 1770, violence erupted in the streets of Boston. Colonist threw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers. Five people were killed including Crispus Attucks, who was the first colonist to die.
The Boston Massacre
Thomas Jefferson was 1 of 7 delegates from this colony.
Virgina
These individuals felt that the laws placed on the colonies were against their freedoms. They believed that the solution was to break away from British rule.
Patriot
He was the leader of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War
King George III
This taxed almost all printed materials.
Examples: Newspapers, wills, playing cards, etc.
The Stamp Act
Delegates representing all 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to create a declaration of colonial rights including the right to govern their own affairs and to fight back if the British attacked.
The First Continental Congress
This was the first colony that great Britain conquered when they came to America
Massachusetts
These individuals were pushed west to live West of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.
Native Americans
This person was a lawyer from Virginia. He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Laws placed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
The Townshend Act
This group sent King George III the Olive Branch Petition as a last ditch effort for peace between the colonist and the Britain.
The Second Continental Congress
British General Cornwallis and his 7,500 troops planned to fortify this town and then move north to join Clinton's forces.
Yorktown
This country was supplying the colonies with monetary funds for years. They later provided the Patriots with soldiers, ships, and weapons.
France
This individual started out a Patriot during the war and switched over to being a Loyalist later on.
Benedict Arnold
These acts included closing the Boston Harbor, allowing British soldiers to be housed in colonist homes, and appointing British General Thomas Gage as Governor of Massachusetts who enacted Marshall Law.
Intolerable Acts
The Declaration of Independence was signed on this month, date, and year.
July 4, 1776
This group knew the colonial landscape well.
Patriots
Benedict Arnold almighty left the Patriot forces and joined this group. He is known as a traitor to the colonist movement for freedom.
Loyalist
Who said, "...give me liberty, or give me death."
Patrick Henry