The Act that placed a tax on all printed goods including marriage licenses, diplomas, playing cards, etc...
Stamp Act
Colonist who favored war with Great Britain
Patriot
Leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
Battle over control of the Boston Harbor
Battle of Bunker Hill
Tallest President
Abraham Lincoln
Conflict between British soldiers and colonists that left five colonists dead
Boston Massacre
Colonist who supported Great Britain during the war.
Loyalist
Leader of Great Britain
King George III
Battle that ended the Revolutionary War
Battle of Yorktown
This president's wedding was catered by Chef Boyardee
Woodrow Wilson
Event where colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
An army of soldiers who serve as soldiers in an emergency
Militia
British General who surrendered at Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis
Battle that helped colonists gain foreign aid
Battle of Saratoga
This president was a peanut farmer
Jimmy Carter
Placed a tax on tea, paper, paint, and glass
Townshend Acts
A soldier who fights for pay, often for a foreign country
Mercenary
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Surprise attack on the Hessian Troops. Raised morale among the Continental Army
Battle of Trenton
This president was University of Michigan's star quarterback and turned down offers to play for the Lions and Packers
Gerald Ford
1. Boston Port Act: closed the Boston Harbor
2. Massachusetts Government Act: restricted self-governance
3. Justice Act: allowed trials to occur in England instead of the colonies
4. Quartering Act: forced colonists to house soldiers
A right that can not be taken away
Unalienable Right
Said the famous quote "We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately"
Benjamin Franklin
Start of the battle became known as the "shot heard round the world"
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This president won two grammys
Barrack Obama