Battles of revolution
This was the first battle of the revolution. Began when British troops in Boston went to seize weapons from an American militia.
Lexington & Concord
This act put a tax on printed paper
Stamp Act
King of England during the American Revolution
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith.
A complaint
Grievance
This event saw the sons of liberty destroy a boatload of tea in the Boston harbor
Boston Tea Party
this agreement had Britain forfeit control of America at the end of the war.
Treaty of Paris 1783
This act compelled Americans to house and feed British soldiers
Quartering Act
Leader of the American Army during the revolution
George Washington
Tax on imports
Tariffs
War the British empire fought for control of Ohio
French-Indian war
Turning point of the war. Because of this battle France decides to help the Americans fight Britain.
Battle of Saratoga
This was created by the King of England to ban American from moving west
Proclamation line of 1763
This person said "I have not yet begun to fight"
John Paul Jones
Self-rule. Not being controlled by a foreign nation
Independence
this event sent the Declaration of Rights and Grievances to the King of England
First Continental Congress
Final battle of the revolution. American and French armies capture General Cornwallis and force him to surrender.
Battle of Yorktown
This act closed the Boston harbor after the Tea Party
Intolerable Act
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
protesting a law by breaking it to draw attention
Civil Disobedience
This is the city where America declared independence for England
Philidelphia
This is the location Washington's army stayed for the winter, enduring hunger and disease
Valley Forge
This act placed a tariff on all imported goods
Townshend Acts
Free African American killed during Boston Massacre, first casualty of the revolution
Crispus Attucks
being forced or pressured to do something
Coercion
Daughters of Liberty