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 philosopher is associated with Enlightenment ideas used in colonies.
John Locke
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
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
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
local militia who got their name because they were ready to fight at a minute’s notice.
Minutemen
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 England did to ensure that the colonists remained economically true to England
passed the Navigation Acts
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
Join or Die, the first political cartoon to encourage colonists to unite against the French and the Natives was created by B ____ F______ a Founding Father who was also a scientist and inventor. He's on the $100 bill.
Benjamin Franklin
Famous saying of "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
Patrick Henry
The first meeting of the 13 colonies where they first discussed being United Colonies against the Intolerable Acts (taxes) imposed by the British.
1st Continental Congress
Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
Treaty of Paris of 1783
petition, written by moderates, expressed the colonists’ loyalty to the king and requested a halt in fighting until a solution could be found
Olive Branch Petition
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