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colonists trained to fight at a minutes notice
minutemen
known as the hero of the frontier
George Rogers Clark
written to define why the Revolutionary War was being fought
The Declaration of Independence
a battle over a hill that could house cannons
Battle of Bunker Hill
colonists who actively opposed the British government taxes
Patriots
pacifism
Commander in Chief of the continental armies
General George Washington
opposed by the colonists because they believed no free man should be taxed without representation
The Stamp Act
military post where Braddock was ambushed
Fort Duquesne
colonists who remained loyal to King George throughout the Revolutionary War
Loyalists
act of refusing to deal with an organization in order to express protest
boycott
fought the British in several battles and gave America a strong claim to the frontier
George Rogers Clark
gave the land west of the Appalachians to the Native Americans
Proclamation of 1773
turning point of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Saratoga
the three groups that fought over the Ohio River Valley
Native Americans, French trappers, British (English) colonists
a soldier who is hired to fight for a foreign country
mercenary
French nobleman who joined the cause for American independence when he was only 19
Marquis de Lafayette
treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
Peace of Paris
battles that started the Revolutionary War in April 1775
Lexington and Concord
citizens who are not part of the regular army, but may be called on to serve in an emergency for the military
militia
British national legislature
Parliament
harassed the British troops (2 names)
harsh British laws created to coerce Boston to behave
Intolerable Acts
Cornwallis surrendered at this battle
Yorktown
secret organization that worked to oppose the British Parliament's requirements
Sons of Liberty