Key figures
Write who encouraged boycotts of British goods, formed Committees of Correspondence, suggested women make their own “liberty tea”
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
King of Britain before and during the American Revolution. Was unable to find an effective way rule and collect taxes from colonies
Wealthy farmer, member of Virginia House of Burgesses, represented Virginia at the First Continental Congress, later chosen to lead the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
A colonist who opposed Britain’s actions and policies before and during the American revolution
A law making body
What is Congress?
Taxes on products coming into a country
What is a tariff?
Taxes on products coming into country
What are customs?
Advised her patriot husband, John, in frequent letters, strong advocate of women’s rights, urged Continental Congress to “remember the ladies”
Who is Abigal Adams?
Patriot who rallied colonists in support of war. Famous for saying “I know what others may take, but as far for me, give me liberty or give death” at speech he made at a church in Richmond, VA
Who is Patrick Henry?
Patriot who rallied colonists in support of war, express rider, created famous engraving of Boston Massacre, made famous ride to warn colonists of British attack on weapons stockpile in Concord
Who is Paul Revere?
A person who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
What is a Loyalist?
A sum of money that is owed
What is a debt?
The purposeful killing of many people
What is a massacre?
Freedom
What is Independence?
Disguised herself as a man and fought in the continental arm
Deborah Sampson
Member of Sons of Liberty, wrote newspaper articles that attacked Stamp Act, formed a Committee of Correspondence in Boston in 1772
Who is Samuel Adams?
Served as president of Congress from 1775-1777, proudly wrote the first signature on the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock?
A person who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
What is Neutral?
The refusal to buy a product as a part of a protest
What is a boycott?
To shelter (such as British soldiers)
What is to quarter?
The condition of having the same rights as everyone else
What is equality?
Freed from slavery at 20. Wrote poetry about freedom from England and slavery
Who was Phillis Wheatley?
British general put in charge of the 13 colonies after the Boston Tea Party. Became military governor of Massachusetts at the outbreak of the American Revolution
Who is Thomas Gage?
Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” explaining to colonists why they should declare independence in easy language. Donated the money he made to congress to support revolution
Who is Thomas Paine?
Local armies of colonists
What is militia?
A group of colonial men who protested the unjust taxes of the British
What is the Sons of Liberty?
A law passed by the British government that taxed all the paper used by the colonists
The Stamp Act
The act of attempting to overthrow one’s government
What is treason?
soldier from German state of Prussia. Joined Washington at Valley Forge to whip soldiers into shale. Taught soldiers discipline and European fighting methods
Who is General Friederich von Steuben?
General for Patriot army. Known for unique strategy and victory over the British in Yorktown
Who is Nathanael Greene?
British commander, defeated the Patriots in small battles, but wore his men out chasing the Patriots. Surrendered to General Washington on Oct 19, 1781
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
A soldier hired by a foreign country
What is a mercenary?
A series of acts that placed taxes on products being sold to the colonists
What is martial law?
The movement of soldiers away from the enemy
What is to retreat
A sailor who escaped slavery at 27, participated in the riot that proceeded the Boston Massacre. One of five men killed in the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Young soldier and nobleman from France. Joined Washington at Valley Forge. Became a valuable office in Washington’s army and was very close with Washington
Who is Marquis de Laffayette?
Infamous traitor. Originally fought for the Continental Army but after a plan to sabotage the Patriots was foiled, he joined the British
Who is benedict arnold?
A lack of necessary supplies
What is a scarcity?
Charging extra high prices for goods
What is profiteering?
The army authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington
What is the Continental Army?
An agreement or treat
What is an alliance?
A nickname used by soldiers for the women who carried water out to battlefields. In most stories, she bravely takes over firing a cannon for her wounded husband
Who is Molly Pitcher?
Member of continental congress, known for his writing, chosen by other congress members to write the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas jefferson?
Delegate in both the First and Second Continental Congress. Served on the committee for the Declaration of Independence
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A piece of land almost surrounded by water but still attached to the mainland
What is a peninsula?
The peace treaty between Great Britain and the United States in 1783 that ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treat of Paris?
Series of acts passed after the Boston Tea Party designed to punish the Colonists. Put Massachusetts under martial law, colonists had to quarter British soldiers, British navy ships blocked boston harbor
What is the Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts?
To discuss something in order to come to an agreement
What is to negotiate?