Who
An American Who Supported England
What is a Tory/Loyalist?
The housing of British soldiers in private homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
1 of the 3 American ambassadors who negotiated the peace treaty.
Who are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, & John Jay?
This British general was named Governor of Massachusetts.
Who is Thomas Gage?
Another name for a hired German mercenary.
What is a Hessian?
He wrote Common Sense, stating that the British king was a tyrant and the American colonies must rebel.
Who is Thomas Paine?
A tax on all legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
Name 1 American advantage as the war began.
Homefield advantage, local supply lines, determined cause, freed slave support, etc.
This European nation loaned the United States 20 million dollars during the war.
What is the Netherlands? Who are the Dutch?
Members of the First Continental Congress wrote letters to England looking for a way to avoid war.
What is the Olive Branch Committee?
This British general surrendered at Yorktown.
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
What is the Declaratory Act?
Name 1 English disadvantage as the war began.
Supplies/troops coming from long distances, conquering vast territory, cannot adapt fighting style, etc.
According to this law, American merchant ships were seized/sunk by the British navy.
What is the Prohibitory Act?
Americans provoked a group of British soldiers, who fired upon them.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This American inventor helped negotiate the American alliance with France.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
No colonist could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Name one result of the Battles of Trenton & Princeton.
What is boosting American morale, liberating New Jersey, reenlistment of American soldiers, attracting the attention of Europe, etc?
This guerrilla fighter was known as the “Swamp Fox.”
Who is Francis Marion?
The name for the famous American protest against a popular English drink.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He wrote Two Treatisies of Government, stating that people have the natural rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of property.
Who is John Locke?
A tax on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What is the Townshend Act?
The belief that the colonies are included in Parliament “in spirit.”
What is virtual representation?
This was considered the southern border of the United States.
What is Spanish Florida?
He was king of England during the American Revolution.
Who is King George (III)?