Vocabulary
is an order directing that a party convey, deliver, or turn over a deed, document, or right of ownership.
Writs of Assistance-
Place where British marched to steal supplies, but eventually were shot at, attacked and chased back to Boston
Concord
Was in favor of extending Olive Branch petition to King and England
John Dickenson
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
List of Grievances
July 4, 1776 is the day the Continental Congress adopted this
Declaration of independence
taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
Townshend Acts-
Victory for the Colonists, without ever having to fire a shot
Fort Ticonderoga
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”
Statement of Rights
Earlier war where the colonists fought with England against France
French and Indian War
granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England
Tea Act-
Five colonists killed and six injured after British soldiers were taunted
Boston Massacre
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
“For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:”
List of Grievances
an act of nonviolent, voluntary and intentional abstention
Boycott
was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament.
Stamp Act-
First battle, but nobody knows who fired the first shot
Battle of lexington and concord
Strongly argued AGAINST extending an Olive Branch to England
KIng George
“that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”
Statement of Rights
Very bloody battle, despite 1,000 British soldier killed or wounded, British eventually won
Very bloody battle, despite 1,000 British soldier killed or wounded, British eventually won
British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763-
Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and dumped British product in the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Helped lead the raid to capture Fort Ticonderoga, but was mad that he was SECOND in charge.
Benedict Arnold
“That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved”
Declaration Statement
“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another”
Preamble