Acts
Sugar, coffee, clothing that came into the colonies is being taxed in 1764.
Sugar Act
Propagandist and journalist; wrote pamphlet “Common Sense” persuading Americans to join the Patriot cause.
Who was Thomas Paine?
British supporters were known as this
Tories
What is the shot heard around the world?
Lexington and Concord
This resolution made The United States a nation
Lee's Resolution
This is a group of taxes on goods imported into the colonies in 1767.
Townsend Acts
A resident of Virginia, a soldier in the French and Indian War, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
Enslaved African American in Virginia; Marquis de Lafayette recruited him as a spy for the Continental Army.
Who was James Armistead?
Winning this Battle helped convince foreign allies to support the American cause
Battle of Saratoga
This treaty confirmed that the U.S. was independent
Treaty of Paris
This is a 1773 raid on British Ships in the Boston Harbor where tea is thrown overboard.
King of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Who was King George III?
Leader of the French naval fleet that helped the U.S. win Yorktown
Rochambeau
Surprise attack on a Hessian outpost on Christmas day
British General who lost at the battle of Yorktown.
Who was Charles Cornwallis?
Newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, playing cards and all printed materials are taxed in the colonies in 1765.
Stamp Act
Silversmith and secret member of the Sons of Liberty that said, "The Redcoats are coming!"
Who was Paul Revere?
A French aristocrat who played a leading role in two revolutions in France and in the American Revolution.
Who was The Marquis de Lafayette?
First battle of the war. Americans retreated when they ran out of ammunition.
Bunker Hill
He is given majority credit for writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Colonists are required to house and feed soldiers in 1765.
Quartering Act
Founder of U.S. Navy and led raids on British vessels during the American Revolution
Who was John Paul Jones?
Prussian Drillmaster that trained the soldiers at Valley Forge
von Steuben
Largest British Fleet ever assembled happened during this battle?
The Battle of New York
An African American/Native man; became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was killed during the Boston Massacre
Who was Crispus Attucks?