Causes of the Revolution
Law that taxed sugar
Sugar Act
not to buy
led the continental army
George Washington
Shot heard around the world
Lexington and Concord
5 colonist died during this event
Boston Massacre
Law that taxes paper goods
Stamp Act
a complaint
a grievance
French soldier who helped the Americans
Marquis de Lafayette
cold harsh winter, soldiers died of starvation and hunger.
Winter of Valley Forge
a form of protest dumping tea in the Boston harbor
Boston Tea Party
Law that prohibit colonist to move west
The Proclamation of1763
officially ends a war
treaty
first person killed during the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Battle that got France to aid the Americans. Turning point of the war
Battle of Saratoga
What are the 3 unalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
forced colonist to house British troops
Quartering Act
to give permission
consent
Thomas Paine
Last battle of the Revolution. British General Cornwallis surrenders.
Battle of Yorktown
Who were the only colonist only allowed to trade with?
Britain
Mercantilism
ratify
to approve
an inventor and diplomat who gained French support
Benjamin Franklin
Treaty of Paris
Who gives the government consent to have power?
the people