People
King of England during Revolution
Who is King George III?
Colonists dressed like Indians. Tea. Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Group who remained loyal to England.
City that hosted a tea party and a massacre before the Revolution
What is Boston?
"[In England] the force of reason will prevail – our grievances [complaints] will be redressed [satisfied] – and she will be found to the end of time, a kind – a fostering parent!”
What is Loyalist?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200 men and boys. 9 British soldiers. 5 dead colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Rebellious American group
Who are the Patriots?
25% of Washington's troops died here of starvation, disease, and cold
What is Valley Forge?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What is Patriot?
Leader of the Continental Army; kept his army alive at Valley Forge.
Who is George Washington?
What is the French and Indian War?
Loyalists partied here during winter of 1777-78.
What is Philadelphia?
England's taxes are too high, but I don't know if an independent country would be any better.
What is neutral or undecided?
Who is Paul Revere?
Tax on all printed goods, including newspapers and legal documents
What is the Stamp Act?
What is Parliament?
What is Lexington and Concord? (What is Lexington)
"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations [taking over], all having direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny [dictatorship] of these states.”
What is Patriot?
Patriot; defended the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams?
Prohibited colonists from living on land won in the French and Indian War
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Mother country takes cheap raw goods from colonies, sells back expensive manufactured goods.
What is mercantilism?
What is Yorktown?
“Isn’t our growth a result of Great Britain’s willingness to encourage our industry and protect us from foreign countries?”
What is Loyalist?