American Revolution #1
King of England during the American Revolution. He issued The Proclamation of 1763 that angered the colonists.
KING GEORGE III.
Document written in which the American colonists explain their reasons for wanting to separate/break-up from Great-Britain
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
What is an unalienable rights?
rights that cannot be taken away
What is a grievance?
a complaint
The first commander-in-chief or president of the new nation USA
George Washington
This policy practiced by England during the 17th & 18th centuries of not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free to do as they pleased
Salutary Neglect
Tax issued by Britain in 1765, on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. Colonists had to pay for a piece of paper affixed to documents or packages to show they had been paid.
Stamp Act
Who wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
Motto of the Revolutionary War (Patriots)
No taxation without representation (is tyranny)!
Tense relations between the British military and colonists that led to a confrontation on March 5, 1770, with colonists throwing snowballs, ice, and clubs at British troops, and ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
Last battle of the American Revolution?
battle of yorktown
This act put a tax that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
George Washington's decisive victory over General Lord Charles Cornwallis who surrendered; considered the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Yorktown
On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a new name for what had been called the "United Colonies.” From now on they would be the _____ _____ of _________.
United States of America
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
True or False:
The British King needed the money from the colonists' taxes to pay for the French-Indian war he had won. (protecting the borders of the 13 British colonies)
TRUE
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty protested the tax on tea by ...
Boston Tea Party/threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
What day was the Day Of Independence approved
July 4 1776
Assemblies in the colonies set up committees of correspondence because of these acts.
Intolerable Acts
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
A boycott.
soldiers from all colonies that would carry out the fight against Britain.
Continental Army
What economic system did England use?
Mercantilism
What are the Unalienable Rights seen in the DOI
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
The French - Indian War was fought between the _______________ and ________________ for the territories in North America.
The French and British
Lexington and Concord, are known as the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies: it is the _______ ________ around the _______.
the shot heard around the world
First battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
In which battle did France decide to help colonist?
Battle of Saratoga
Which event led to death due to cold weather, starvation and disease?
Winter of Valley Forge
Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the ...
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence - the founding document of the United States - was adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in the city of P ______________.
Philadelphia
The act that limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763