Causes
What event caused the Boston tea party?
Boston Massacre
This battle was a turning point in the revolution because it prompted the French to join our side
Saratoga
Leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
Put a tax on tea and sugar
Tea and Sugar Act
What were 2 disadvantages the British had during the revolution
Distance from colonies and the colonists knew the land.
This war put England in debt and made the crown tax the colonist more.
French Indian War
Washington crosses Delaware river catches sleeping Germans.
Trenton
Drew the join or die cartoon and was member of continental congress
Ben Franklin
Colonists couldn't cross Appalachian MNTS
Proclamation of 1763
First 2 battles of the revolution took place outside Boston.
Lexington and concord
Colonists thought it was unfair to raise there taxes since they did not have elected officials in Parliment. This turned into the phrase NO____________without_____________
taxation, representation
Battle that ended the revolution
Yorktown
Leader of British forces during the revolution
Cornwallis
Put tax on important documents
Stamp Act
What treaty ended the Revolution
Treaty of Paris of 1783
What were 3 ways the colonists protested high taxes?
Marching/riots, Smuggling, Boycotts
Explain the events at Yorktown
British could not escape via ship due to French Navy and Washington's forces
First casualty of the revolution, black man killed during Boston massacre
Crispus Attucks
Colonists had to house British soldiers
Quartering Act
What 3 things were said to be given to all men in the declaration of independence
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Name 4 things that led to the Revolution
High Taxes, French Indian War, Unfair laws, Boston Massacre/Tea Party,
After winning the battle of Saratoga Washington decided to stay in the north for the winter, where did he make camp and what were the pros/cons of that winter.
Valley Forge, weather and sickness but he got to train the army
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
British passed these in response to the Boston Tea party, meant to punish the colonists
Intolerable acts
Why was a paragraph on condemning slavery removed from the Declaration
To keep southern slave owning states from leaving the 13 colonies or refusing to fight