Revolutionary War 1
This was a tax on paper goods, documents, decks of cards, etc.
Stamp Act
This petition was a last-ditch effort by the Colonists to avoid war and make peace with the British.
Olive Branch Petition
This man was an unlikely leader, but he organized the Boston Tea Party, helped found the Sons of Liberty, and stirred up public support for the Patriots.
Sam Adams
This word means to cancel (like a law).
Repeal
This prevented Colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains, making them very angry.
Proclamation of 1763
This required colonists to house British soldiers.
Quartering Act
This war caused the British to incur so much debt they had to tax the Colonists to get some of the money back.
French and Indian War
The document that officially ended the Revolutionary war
Treaty of Paris
Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre was an example of this because it convinced people to think a certain way.
Propaganda
The British attempt to seize Colonial weapons and military equipment led to this.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Second Continental Congress chose him as the Commander-in-Chief.
George Washington
This man was the author Common Sense, which argued against the monarchy and for colonial independence.
Thomas Paine
A soldier who fights just for pay, often for foreign countries.
Mercenary
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers that resulted in 5 deaths was called...
The Boston Massacre
These acts were a punishment for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
This Act was the cause of the Boston Tea Party.
The Tea Act
Colonists who remained loyal to the British government
Loyalists
This was the last battle of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Yorktown
These are the three parts of the Declaration of Independence.
Preamble, List of grievances (complaints), Declaration that we are now the independent States of America
The refusal to buy certain goods or services is called this.
Boycott
This woman wrote plays that made fun of the British soldiers.
Mercy Otis Warren
A French aristocrat who fought with the Patriots against the British.
Marquis de Lafayette
This action shuts off a port, preventing supplies from moving in or out.
Blockade
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This man designed the Albany Plan of Union, hoping to create one government for the Colonists.
Benjamin Franklin