Laws
A tax on all sugar and molasses to pay for British troops stationed in the colonies
Sugar Act
Protest where colonists dressed up like Native Americans and dumped tea into the ocean
Boston Tea Party
First battle of the Revolutionary war
Lexington and Concord
The leader of the American Army and first US president was…
George Washington
All Printed items are required to be taxed
Stamp Act
War between the French and British that led to the British having lots of war debt
French and Indian War
Was part of the US strategy of the war…
Defensive War/Guerrilla Warfare/Fighting Retreats
Argument between British soldiers and a crowd in which the soldiers fired and killed 5 people
Boston Massacre
Was a law that allowed the British to have soldiers live in peoples homes
Quartering Act
A pamphlet written by Thomas Pain that convinced many people that independence was best
Common Sense
Last battle of the Revolutionary War where the British surrendered to George Washington
Yorktown
How much of the population were patriots
1/3
A series of four laws that punished the people in the colonies for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
One of the Long Term Causes of the war that dealt with paying money and having no say
No taxation without representation
Significant Patriot victory that led to the formation of the France-American Alliance
Saratoga
How much of the population was neutral
1/3
Banned colonization west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
This was a secret group that protested against taxes by the British founded by Sam Adams
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
A disadvantage for the British during the war
Long Supply Lines/Many enemies
What treaty ended the war and recognized the US as a new Country
Treaty of Paris