Vocabulary Part 1
a formal agreement of friendship between countries
What is alliance?
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What is repeal?
They threw tea into Boston Harbor?
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
threatened tax collectors, made effigies, boycotted goods, substituted goods with homemade items, and Boston Tea Party.
What are some ways that colonists rebelled against the unfair taxes?
Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence in the spring of 1776 for many reasons.
What are Thomas Jefferson was intelligent, educated and a good writer?
leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
freedom from the rule by others
What is independence?
the killing of many people
What is Massacre?
Declaration of Independence was written during this meeting
What is the Second Continental Congress?
Colonist were angry at Great Britain after the French and Indian War when they issued the stamp act on paper goods and believed the new british taxes were unfair due to this
What is the lack of representation in Britain's Parliament?
the British hired soldiers, or mercenaries, from this country
Germany
rode his horse to warn militias of the British coming
Who is Paul Revere?
an American colonist who opposed British rule
What is a Patriot?
an american colonist who was loyal to the british
What is a loyalist?
After the Boston Massacre Sam Adams and others in different colonies formed these to share news about British actions and colonial protests?
What are Committees of Correspondence?
Washington and his troops were able to defeat the Hessians in Trenton because it was this
What is a surprise attack?
Writer of the Declaration of independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is a militia?
a written request for rights or benefits
what is a petition?
The document that ended the war
What is the Treaty of Paris?
On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere rode to warn the militias the British were coming for this
What is arrest and destroy Patriot and their weapons?
enslaved Africans decided to fight in the war to earn this
what is freedom?
President of the Continental Congress
Who is John Hancock?
refuse ton use or buy something
What is a boycott?
soldiers who are paid to fight
what is a mercenary?
This happened March 5, 1770
What is the Boston Massacre?
Winner of Bunker Hill Battle
Who are the British?
They won the battle of Yorktown
Who are the Americans?
Wrote Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
a formal meeting
what is congress?
to reach an agreement
This happened at Lexington and Concord
What is the first shots of the American Revolution?
Goals of the second Continental Congress in 1775
What are to make decisions about becoming an independent nation and who would lead fight in battle?
Won the American Revolution
Who are the The Americans?
When asked if he was ready to surrender, responded "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Who is John Paul Jones?