Vocab
The refusal to obey unjust laws using non-violent means
civil disobedience
What 2 countries had a long standing rivalry?
France & England
What 2 small towns were outside of Boston where the war started?
Lexington & Concord
The _____ Valley became the main bone of contention between the British & French
Ohio Valley
Charles Townshend enacted the following:
_______ (Mutiny) Act of 1765
The ________ Duties which required taxes on imports from Great Britain (lead, paint, paper, tea)
Quartering Act of 1765
Townshend Duties
what word means "as a result"?
consequently
Who was the future president that as a young major lead a small force into Ohio in 1754
George Washington
George Washington led a surprise attack on what holiday in 1776?
Christmas
the sugar act of 1764 strengthened enforcement on ______, while lowering the duty on _______, damaging the sugar grown in the colonies
Sugar & Molasses
The Boston ________ happened in 1770 where soldiers killed many colonists
Boston Massacre
to refuse to buy or use certain goods or services
boycott
The French captured British forts at what 2 lakes?
Lake Ontario & Lake George
Battle of Saratoga
Currency Act of 1765
The colonists argued that __________ can legislate for England and for the empire as a whole, but colonial assemblies could legislate for individual colonies
Parliament
an army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency
militia
The 1763 Treaty of _______ was made after the French & Indian War
Paris
Lord ________ surrendered to the continental army at the Battle of Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
The _____ act of 1765 required merchants & lawyers to buy _______ for ships' papers and legal documents
stamp(s)
colonial militia volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minutes notice
minutemen
England issued the ________________ of _______ to further westward expansion & issue new taxes on colonies to pay for the war
Proclamation of 1763
List the 4 strengths the Colonies had in the War
Strong leader in George Washington
Familiar with the land
Guerilla Warfare tactics
French Alliance
This terrorist organization of colonists formed in 1765 in Boston, Massachusetts
Sons of Liberty
Representatives from all colonies (except ________) met in Philadelphia at the 1st Continental Congress. What state didn't?
Georgia