Basic Vocabulary
A group of citizens trained to defend their country
militia
In an act of defiance and protest, colonists boarded a ship in the Boston Harbor and threw chests of tea overboard
The Boston Tea Party
Elected as the general of the Continental Army
George Washington
This law was passed by Parliament, putting a tax on purchases the colonists made. The taxes went towards paying the British troops after the French & Indian War
The Stamp Act
This document was written to explain to the King and Parliament why the colonists were fighting in the war.
Declaration of Independence
Military men who were trained to fight in a minute's notice
minuntemen
This chaotic event between colonists and British soldiers, in March 1770, caused 5 people to die and others were injured
The Boston Massacre
This French nobleman joined the cause for American Independence when he was nineteen
Marquis de Lafayette
This law required colonists to give up their homes, horses and food to the Loyalist soldiers
Quartering Act
A secret group of men that opposed the Stamp Act
Sons of Liberty
to refuse to buy a product or deal with a store or company as a way of protest
boycott
The first two battles of the Revolutionary War were
Lexington & Concord
This man was a leader of the Green Mountain Boys who made a surprise attack on Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
These acts were proposed in 1767 that raised taxes and and stopped smuggling
Townshend Acts
When the British were invading, ________ lanterns were hung in the Old North Church
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a belief that arguments should be settled peacefully
pacifism
The British won this battle, but they did not consider it a victory for their side
Bunker Hill
This man was a Pennsylvania delegate who used his own money to pay for Washington's soldiers
Robert Morris
This document gave the land West of the Appalachian Mountains to the Native Americans
Proclamation of 1763
The colonists' cry was "No taxation without ......"
Representation
The British government that makes laws
Parliament
This battle was a victory and a turning point in the war for the Patriots
Saratoga
This man fought battles against the British and won the frontier for the American colonies
George Rogers Clark
The colonists called the Coercive Acts __________ because the laws were harsh and forced the colonists to behave
The Intolerable Acts
This man was a native American chief who sided with the British and fought many battles against the Patriots
Joseph Bryant