Vocab Part 1
Vocab Part 2
American Revolution Battles
Mystery Category
Taxes
100

companies of civilian soldiers who boasted they were ready to fight at a minutes notice.

Minutemen

100

hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war.

Guerrilla warfare

100

Patriot leaders sent Paul Revere and William Dawes to sound alarm about this battle that ensued.

Battle of Lexington and Concord

100

Both the British and French showed interest in the Ohio and _______________River.

Mississippi

100

__________________ raised tax rates on imported raw sugar and molasses.

Sugar Act

200

loyal to the king and believed British law should be upheld.

 Loyalists      

200

a feeling of confidence or enthusiasm.

Morale

200

helped Americans build confidence. It showed colonial militia could stand up to one of the worlds most feared armies.

Battle at Bunker Hill

200

First issue was defense, Congress voted to adopt the militia army surrounding Boston, and they named it the ______________________ _____________.

Continental Army

200

Boston ______________ __________________ took place when a group of 150 men dressed as Native Americans gathered at the Boston dock and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

Tea Party

300

also known as Whigs, believed the British had become tyrants.

Patriots

300

the act or process of freeing enslaved people.

Emancipation

300

on September 28, 1781, American and French forced bombarded the British and General Cornwallis surrendered three days later and 8,000 British soldiers laid down their weapons.

Battle of Yorktown

300

Thomas Paine’s persuasive pamphlet that attacked King George III. said Parliament did nothing without the King’s support.

Common Sense

300

taxed most printed materials

Stamp Act

400

a search warrant enabling customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling.

Writ of assistance

400

a form of government in which power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote.

Republic

400

British General Burgoyne and 9500 marched to NY and over 1,000 Iroquois warriors headed east to Albany. When U.S. troops cut off Burgoyne food supply, they retreated.

Battle of Saratoga

400

________________ was the conclusion of the French and Indian War and virtually eliminated French power in North America.

Treaty of Paris

400

_____________ act required local officials to provide lodging for British soldiers.

Quartering

500

a tax on imports and exports.

Custom Duties

500

a pledge by merchants not to buy imported goods from a particular source.

Nonimportation agreement

500

British surprised Washington and headed to Philadelphia at this battle where General Howe attacked and captured Philadelphia.

 Battle of White Plains

500

on September 5, 1774 in Philadelphia, Congress issued the declaration of rights and grievances, which expressed loyalty to the king but also condemned the Coercive rights.

Second Continental Congress

500

Spring of 1774, four new laws passed to punish Massachusetts and end colonial challenges in what became known as the ______________ Act.

Coercive

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