Conflict Begins
England on this war to gain more land in North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
This Act taxed all printed items and got repealed due to colonial protests.
What is the Stamp Act?
Colonists were protesting these Acts in Boston when the Boston Massacre occurred.
What are the Townshend Acts?
England took these severe actions to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party including closing the harbor, outlawing town meetings, and requiring colonists to house British soldiers (Quartering).
What were the Intolerable Acts?
The British marched on Concord to try to take what colonists stored there.
What are militia supplies (guns/ammo)?
This action by the British government to prevent Colonists from moving west to keep the peace with Native Americans.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
These acts taxed goods imported from England including glass, tea and paper.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Colonists threw sticks, stones and snowballs at British soldiers in Boston and British soldiers fired on the crowd killing five.
What is the Boston Massacre?
At the first meeting of this Colonial leadership group, they called for repeal of 13 British laws, boycotted trade with England and formed militias.
What is the 1st Continental Congress?
This order was given to Continental soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill to save ammunition.
What was "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!"
The colonists response to England taxing them to pay for the French and Indian War.
What is smuggling?
What is sending more British troops?
England's response to reduce tension after the Boston Massacre.
What is repealed taxes except on tea?
This is the famous quote about the Battles of Lexington and Concord that started the Revolutionary War.
What is "The shot heard 'round the world?
In this battle, George Washing and troops crossed the Delaware in the dead of winter to launch a surprise attack on British mercenaries, known as Hessians.
What is The Battle of Trenton?
England allowed it's soldiers to enter any property without probable cause and take anything they assumed was smuggled without proof.
What is illegal search and seizure?
This act lowered taxes on tea, but only allowed tea to be imported to the colonies through the British East India Company.
What is the Tea Act?
The Daughters of Liberty organized this form of protest over the Tea Act that encouraged colonists not to by English tea.
What is a boycott?
At this meeting, a colonial government, continental army, colonial money, and a postal service were started.
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
The Continental Army achieved an important victory in this battle that convinced the French to join the colonists in the fight. It was considered the turning point in the Revolutionary War.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This Act lowered taxes on molasses to discourage smuggling.
What is the Sugar Act?
These colonial organizations formed to organize protests and boycotts.
What are the Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty?
The Sons of Liberty organized this protest to throw tea overboard in protest of the British monopoly on tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party
Colonists wrote this document to tell the world why they no longer wanted to be a part of England, and outline the form of government they were hoping to build.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The British surrendered after this 1781 battle in Virginia, ending the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?