French contributor to rising British debt and number of taxes levied on colonies
What is French and Indian War
100
farming whose products are meant for the farmers own basic needs, provides little profit or no profit at all
What is Subsistence farming
100
leader of the french and Indian War, 1st president
Who is George Washington
100
ratified in 1763- Britain got Canada and all territory east of the Mississippi
What is Treaty of Paris (French and Indian War)
100
signed in 1758 with the Iroquois league to ensure Native American neutrality and to prohibit while settlement west of te Aliegheny mountains
What is Treaty of Easton
200
Washington set a trap for Cornwallis as French troops and warships came to support patriots
GB surrendered- American Win 1781
What is Battle of Yorktown
200
slaves were taken from African Golden Coast slaves were brought to west indies for sugar and molasses, cargo would go back to new England
What is Triangular trade
200
Author of Common Sense, pamphlet that served to convince many that independence was the only option
Who is Thomas Paine
200
Forbade colonial migration west of the Appalachians
What is Proclamation of 1763
200
Tax on printed materials and legal documents
first internal document
What is stamp act 1765
300
March 5, 1770
John Gray's ropewalk-Sam Gray-Private Kilroy-Crispus Attucks
Captain Preston's position
What is Key points/players in the Boston Masacre
300
Crops that can be easily sold in the markets in the colonies and overseas
What is Cash Crops
300
Virginia leader, author and signer of the decloration of independence second vp, 3rd pres.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
Taxed in all imports into the colonies
What is Townshend Act 1767
300
preamble
decloration of rights
list of grievances
resolution of independence
What is four major section of the decloration of Independence
400
Part of plan was to take New York from Canada Gen Burgoyne was to meet the other forces (never happened)
Burgoyne surrendered-American Win
What is battle of Saratoga
400
started in 1692 more of the accusers were farmers, started with 2 girls accusing people of witchcraft
What is Salem Witch Trials
400
ruler of England from 1760-1820, hated by patriots who felt he was a tyrant, suffered from illness and bouts of insanity
Who is King George III
400
Ensure housing of British toops in barracks and public houses
What is Quartering Act 1765
400
Son of liberty dressed as Mohawk indians and dumped tea into harbor
What is Boston Tea Party
500
First revolutionary skirmishes
-minor British victory
-American victory
What is Lexington and Concord
500
A religious revival in the 1730s and 1740s-served to link colonies north to South in terms of religious individuality and opposition of British authority
What is Great Awakening
500
American naval hero of the revolution, called the father of the American Navy
Who is John Paul Jones
500
reduced tax on tea; colonists thought it was a trick