Vocabulary
Complaints made by American colonies regarding Britain
Grievances
Led the Continental Army
George Washington
Turning point of the revolution
Battle of Saratoga
Colonists dumped their tea into the water of the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Ruler of Britain at the time
King George III
Influential pamphlet by Thomas Jefferson
Common Sense
Drafted the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
War between the U.S. and Britain caused by American outrage over impressment of American sailors
War of 1812
War that took place between the American colonies and New France
French and Indian War
Two countries that offered America assistance at the end of the war
France and Spain
Slogan describing a grievance of the American colonists regarding taxes
"No Taxation without Representation"
Warned that "the British are coming!"
Paul Revere
Mission commissioned by Jefferson to map and explore the Louisiana Purchase region
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Name 5 taxes or laws imposed on colonists by the British
Sugar Act, Tea Act, Townshend Acts, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Navigation Acts, Coercive/Intolerable Acts, Declaratory Act
They were harassed through tarring and feathering
British Tax Officials
Final plea sent to the king
Olive Branch Petition
General that defeated the British at the Battle New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Battle that occurred after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent
Battle of New Orleans
British soldiers were harassed by a mob in Boston
Boston Massacre
Helped unite colonies by writing back and forth about British actions
Committee of Correspondence
Allowed British officials to search without warrants
Writs of Assistance
Leader of the Son's of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Battle that led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the War of 1812
Battle of Tippecanoe
The represented America's first real attempt at representative self-governance
Second Continental Congress
Actually occurred on Breed's Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill