Acts
What was the sugar act?
Tax on sugar
Colonists dressed up as Natives and threw British tea into the harbor to protest the tax on tea
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Which document declared the colonists independent from Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
What is the difference between a patriot and loyalist?
A partiot is someone who wants independence from Britain while a loyalist wantst to remain loyal to Britain
What was the stamp act?
Tax on all written documents
What was the Boston Massacre?
Colonists and British soldiers fighting in the street and shot gets fired killing a few colonists
What was the turning point battle of the American Revolution?
Battle of Saratoga
Which document outlined reasons why the colonists should be independent from Britain?
Common Sense
Name two advantages the colonists had over Britain
Motivated, home field advantage, good hunters
What were the townshend acts?
Tax on paper, tea, paint, lead, and glass
How did the French and Indian War help cause the Revolutionary War?
Colonists were mad that they helped fight in the war and then Britain taxed them since it was broke after the French and Indian War
What was the last battle of the American Revolution?
Battle of Yorktown
Which document formally ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
Name two advantages the British had over the colonists
Navy, trained troops, more supplies
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists could not go west of the Appalachian Mountains
What was salutary neglect?
Britain orignally left the colonies alone until they needed money and then started taxing them
Where did the colonists suffer a brutal winter during the war?
Valley Forge
What was the name of cartoon that convinced colonists to jon the revolutionary cause?
Join or Die
What was Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the colonies called?
Albany Plan of Union
What was the famous slogan that colonists used to protest taxes?
No taxation without representation
What is the term called where the colonists refused to buy certain British goods?
Boycott
Who came to the colonists defense to help them defeat Britain?
France
What was the name of the last petition sent to Britain to avoid war?
Olive Branch Petition
What were Committees of Correspondance?
Colonial group who's goal was to keep colonists informed of British actions