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This governing body helped unite the 13 colonies.
What was the Continental Congress?
1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Shots heard around the world, start of the Revolution.
What were the battles of Lexington and Concord?
These soldiers could be ready to fight in one minute.
What were minutemen?
Economic policy that discouraged colonies from producing manufactured goods and encouraged colonies to buy from their mother country
What is Mercantilism?
This law prevented colonist from moving west past the Appalachian Mountains so they wouldn't get involved in conflict with Native Americans
What was the proclamation line of 1763?
What is Valley Forge?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence and served on Continental Congress.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
"He has kept among us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislatures"
What is a grievance of the Declaration of Independence?
This tax passed by the British parliament led colonist to organize boycotts of British goods
What was the Stamp Act?
This treaty ended the American Revolution and gave Americans their independence from Britain.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
Someone who wants to remain loyal to the British
Loyalist
French general who came to aid American revolutionary war efforts and befriended George Washington.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
"For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
What is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?
This act passed by British parliament led colonist to hold the first Continental Congress and unify their resistance against Britain
What were the intolerable acts?
After this key battle, the French agreed to become an ally to the colonists.
What was the battle of Saratoga?
She created propaganda in the form of plays and poems for the patriot cause
Who was Mercy Otis Warren?
The United States received land that extended to these areas as a result of the treaty that ended the war.
What is all of the land West to the Mississippi river?
This event caused Great Britain to be in a massive amount of debt in which the colonist would become responsible for paying it back
What was the French and Indian War?
Cornwallis was forced to surrender at this battle, this ends the war.
What was the battle of Yorktown?
British soldiers and colonist taunt each other in the streets of Boston which escalated into a fatal event.
What was the Boston Massacre?