Basic Vocab
Men who were ready to go to battle at a minutes notice
Minutemen
This Founding Father was elected as the General of the Army
George Washington
tea
The British won this battle but did not consider it a victory
Bunker Hill
Colonists who fought against the King of England and sought freedom from his rule
Patriots
Colonists who supported the ideas of King of England
Loyalists
This French nobleman befriended George Washington and helped fight in the Patriot cause at the age of nineteen
Marquis de Lafayette
This act required the colonists to purchase a stamp in order to purchase paper, newspapers, legal documents, playing cards and many more items.
Stamp Act
This battle was a Patriot victory and a turning point in the war
Saratoga
This document was written in 1776 to explain why the colonists were going to war
Declaration of Independence
A belief that arguments should be settled peacefully
pacifism
This Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The _____________ Act required the colonists to provide housing and food tot he British soldiers
Quartering
Ethan Allen led the Green Mountain Boys on a surprise attack on
Ticonderoga
German soldiers (and soldiers from other countries) hired to help fight with the British troops
Hessians
The British government that makes law
Parliament
He fought against the British in several battles and won the frontier for the American Colonies
George Rogers Clark
This act taxed colonists on products such as paper, lead and glass
The Townshend Acts
This Native American chief sided with the British forces and fought battles against the Patriots
Joseph Brant
A secret group that opposed the Stamp Act
Sons of Liberty
To refuse to buy products or goods; or to refuse to shop at a business as a way of protesting
boycott
William Dawes and _______________ rode through the night to warn the colonists that the British were coming
The Coercive Acts were also called the _________ because the rules were so difficult on the colonists
Intolerable Acts
The first two battles of the Revolutionary War were
Lexington and Concord
This conflict on March 5, 1770 was a major event leading up to the Revolutionary War
The Boston Massacre