Causes of War
The term used for "governing oneself"?
sovereignty
On which side of the war were the majority of enslaved people and Native Americans?
British
general name for a ship captain who worked, for the Americans, as a legalized pirate terrrorizing the British warships
privateers
Saying for colonists angry they had no voice in parliament.
No Taxation without Representation
This battle marked the beginning of the American Revolution and was the "shot heard round the world"?
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Frenchman who believed in America's fight for independence. He helped finance American soldiers war effort
Marquis de Lafayette
Fight in the streets over taxation & freedom; 5 colonist killed by British troops.
Boston Massacre
Turning point in the Revolutionary War; France decided to help America
Battle of Saratoga
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
battle tactic of surrounding the enemy
siege
What is the vocab word that means to undo a law or turn it back?
Repeal
What Fort was first to be taken from England by the Colonial Army
Fort Ticonderoga
Signed the Declaration of Independence first and biggest so King George could see it without his spectacles
John Hancock
Son of Liberty that was a lawyer and defended the British Soldiers at the trial about The Boston Massacre
John Adams
The "acts" that Britain passed to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party were called...
The Intolerable OR Coercive Acts
First major Battle of the American Revolution (B)
Battle of Bunker Hill
The actual name of the hill in the Battle of Bunker Hill
Breed's Hill
The name that was given to colonists that remained true to England
Tories or Loyalists