Road to Revolution
Famous saying the colonists used starting with the Stamp Act and repeated over the next several years.
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!"
The turning point of the American Revolution.
Battle of Saratoga
This Virginian was selected as commander of the Continental Army.
George Washington
The Patriots resorted to getting their imports illegally from other countries and not England. What was this called?
smuggling
Colonists who sided with Britain during the war.
Loyalists
The Continental Congress organized this (and the Sons of Liberty enforced it) to hurt British merchants financially.
boycott
The "shot heard 'round the world" which started the Revolutionary War.
Battle of Lexington and Concord.
He was the first to warn the Patriots that British soldiers were marching Concord.
Paul Revere
What did the colonists sometimes do the British officials trying enforce tax collection?
They would be tar and feathered.
Colonists who resisted British rule and taxation.
Patriots
All of the Townshend Acts were repealed except the tax on this imported good.
tea
The Continental Army used this strategy/tactics to achieve most of its victories in battle.
surprise or unusual tactics
He established the Sons of Liberty and Committee of Correspondence in Massachusetts.
Sam Adams
The three unalienable rights in the Declaration.
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
Name one of the early battles that gave the Patriots hope that they could defeat the British and win the war
Battle of Lexington and Concord or
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British responded to the Boston Tea Party with this series of laws that limited colonists rights.
Intolerable Acts
The famous crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night preceded this Patriot victory.
Battle of Trenton
From Massachusetts, he pushed for independence. He later became the second president of the United States.
John Adams
What two patriots were the British to arrest in Concord?
Samuel Adams and John Hancock
TWO advantages the Patriots had during the Revolutionary War.
-fighting on home turf
-believed in their cause
-most colonists had guns, could shoot
-Washington was their leader
The Tea Act was designed to help this struggling British company.
British East India Company
Tricking British spies by leaving their campfires burning led to this Patriot victory.
Battle of Princeton
He believed the people had the right to rebel if those in power violated the law of liberty.
John Locke
List two of the Intolerable Acts
* Closing the port of Boston
* Government officials were appointed by the king and not by the colonists.
* An act that allowed for government officials to go to trial in England and not America.
* Colonists had to colonies had to provide barracks for British soldiers
The first Patriot to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock