Laws and Acts
This act made colonists pay taxes on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Voted by the 2nd Continental Congress, the Colonies officially break away from England
Declaration of Independence
Part-time fighters on the side of the Americans. Often Farmers or hunters known for their ability to show up quickly
Minutemen
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Refusal to buy goods
boycott
Described by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "...shot heard 'round the world," the location of the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
Lexington
This act made Britain the only legal seller of Tea in the Colonies
Tea Act
Encouraged the Colonies to seek independence from England, by informing Colonies of British injustices
Common Sense
A founding father from Virginia who displayed his leadership abilities in the French and Indian War and asked to lead the Revolution by congress.
George Washington
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
Boston Massacre
A rallying call for Colonists who's main issue was not actually with the taxes themselves but for their lack of a roll in Parliament
"No Taxation Without Representation"
This was the location in which American Patriots stored Gunpowder, causing the British to sent an Army to confiscate it
Concord
This act forced American Colonists to house British Soldiers
Quartering Act
This part of the Declaration of Independence outlines the issues the Colonists had with King George III in full.
The List of Grievances
This group protested British polices and taxes
Sons of Liberty
War between Britain and France over land west of the Colonies
French and Indian War
A government, like America's, in which people elect officials to represent their ideas and values in the government.
Democracy
Where did the final battle takes place before the British surrender?
Yorktown, VA
King George III makes an example and punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
The name of the power the Declaration of Independence stated people had over their government should it not serve their needs
Alter or Abolish it
Successful inventor from Pennsylvania who represented the colonies in Britain and tried to convince the British government to treat the colonies fairly. He NEVER became president!
Benjamin Franklin
A meeting of representatives where the Drafting of the Declaration of Independence took place
Second Continental Congress
Natural Rights
This battle was a turning point in the war for the Americans. British General Burgoyne surrendered to the Americans. The French agreed to support us after winning.
Battle of Saratoga
A series of acts that placed tariffs, or taxes, on products coming into the colonies. This included taxes on glass, tea, lead, and paper.
Townshend Acts
U.S. officially becomes an independent country and acquires land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River
Treaty of Paris
Creator of the Engraving of the Boston Massacre, also famous for a night time ride.
Paul Revere
The Continental Army was freezing and starving; Lafayette provides clothing and Von Steuben trains army
Valley Forge
God given rights that can't be taken away, specifically life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
Unalienable Rights
This battle inflicted great casualties on the British, proving that the Continental Army was not easy to defeat.
Battle of Bunker Hill
This law Limited Colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
A document sent to King George III in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress. It was a last-ditch effort to prevent war between Great Britain and the American colonies
Olive Branch Petition
He defended the soldiers during the trial of the Boston Massacre. He later became the 2nd President.
John Adams
A group of representatives from each colony met in Philadelphia PA to discuss the Intolerable Acts, but decided to try to work things out with King George.
First Continental Congress
British economic policy in which the colonies are an economic resource for the mother country
Mercantilism
While not a direct battle, this location caused great issues for the British in transporting supplies and orders to the Americas
The Atlantic Ocean