Road to Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution. He issued this, that angered colonists.
KING GEORGE III. What is The Proclamation of 1763
Name of the British government
Parliament
Area of land that the French & Indian War was fought over:
Ohio River Valley
Was the second meeting of the colonists that would create the Olive Branch Petition.
2nd Continental Congress
This was made after there was constant fighting between the colonists and Natives, and it declared that colonists were not to settle past a certain boundary.
Proclamation Line (1763)
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Patriots who used any means necessary (protests, violence, threats) to resist English rule.
Secret meeting of the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia to discuss how to respond to British taxes and especially the intolerable Acts
1st Continental Congress
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
BOSTON MASSACRE
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Law passed allowing British soldiers to unlawfully board ships of the colonists and seize smuggled cargo on board.
Writs of Assistance
A Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere
This was made by the colonists and sent to the king as the last attempt at peace during the 2nd Continental Congress.
Olive Branch Petition
The British were taxing the colonies to pay debts from which war?
French & Indian War
This man built fort Necessity during the French & Indian War. He was also Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
George Washington
This was a plan made by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonists during the French & Indian War under the slogan, "Join or Die".
Albany Plan of Union
This was signed to end the French & Indian War:
Treaty of Paris (1763)
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
Loyalist
Who was the first American to die during the American Revolution?
Crispus Attucks