American Revolution #1
Colonial region known for having a cold climate, rocky soil, and a focus on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.
What is New England?
This is the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to British taxes. They are responsible for the Boston Tea Party
Who are the SONS OF LIBERTY
This led to many enslaved people escaping from slavery and joining the British forces during the Revolutionary War.
What is Lord Dunmore's Proclamation?
Name of the war that put Britain into debt, which led to them raising taxes on the colonists?
What is the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
This referred to someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England
What is a LOYALIST
Competition for control of the fur trade in the Ohio River Valley was a main cause of this conflict
What is The French and Indian War?
Who came up with the idea that people were entitled to life, liberty and property?
Who is John Locke
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
This was one way women participated in the Revolutionary War.
What are Molly Pitchers OR spies?
This act stated that colonists had to house British soldiers in their home.
What is the Quartering Act
Style of fighting used by the Continental Army especially in the South which included hit-and-run, surprise attacks, and ambushing the British.
What is GUERRILLA WARFARE
The British were headed here to seize the colonists weapons and Patriot leaders
What is Lexington and/or Concord
Examples of this include breaking tools, running away, and refusing to work to slow down production.
What are ways of resisting slavery?
The British soldiers' uniforms were a bright color and made the soldiers easier to spy. For this reason, they were given this colorful nickame.
What are the REDCOATS
After THIS victory, France was convinced the colonists could win and joined the war
What is SARATOGA
The theory that a nation's wealth should come from accumulating raw materials to turn into products to export is the central idea of this.
What is mercantilism?
He wrote the pamphlet Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
Washington crossed the Delaware River to attack this town on Christmas of 1776
What is TRENTON
This area was strategically important to the French and the English due to natural resources like rivers.
What is Western Pennsylvania?
2nd President of the US. He defended the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre.
Who is JOHN ADAMS
Laws imposed by British lawmakers as a punishment for Massachusettes' actions in the Boston Tea Party
What are the INTOLERABLE (or Coercive) ACTS
This is an informal military group. In the colonies, those who joined were mostly farmers.
Unwritten British policy of loosely enforcing laws like the Navigation Acts, especially in the early 1700s.
What is salutary neglect?
A British tax placed on the colonies on all paper products and documents
What is the STAMP ACT
Issued by King George III, stated that colonists could NOT cross the Appalachian Mountains go live in the Ohio River Valley
What is the Proclamation of 1763