People
A person who wanted to stay under British rule
Loyalist
This group of patriots wrote letters to other colonies to keep them informed
Committees of Correspondence
Tax on paper products
Stamp Act
According to the Declaration of Independence and John Locke what should be done if a government is not doing their job
That government should be overthrown and replaced with one that does
The colonists could not have won the war without help from this country...
France
A person who wanted to break free from England
Patriot
Tax on everyday items such as glass, lead, building supplies, and tea
Townshend Acts
Colonial punishment after the Boston Tea Party
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
According to the Declaration of Independence and John Locke what is the main job of a government
To protect people’s Natural Rights
The war began in the the New England Colonies, but ended here
The Southern Colonies
Does not side with either point of view
Neutral or Neutralist
This banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
(after the French & Indian War)
(Not an event) the British hired German Hessians to fight the war for them - they are called
Mercenaries
Basic human rights such as Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Natural Rights
Who fired the shot heard round the world at Lexington & Concord?
No one knows for sure
King of England before and during the Revolutionary War
King George III
What word means to refuse to buy certain goods?
Boycott
Enlightenment philosopher that favored self government over a monarchy
John Locke
British soldiers were said to violate Natural Rights when they “fired unprovoked” into a crowd during this event
The Boston Massacre
A group of civilians serving as soldiers
Militia or Minutemen
Secret society of patriots formed before the Revolutionary War
Sons of Liberty
Stories that are Bias and only tell one side of the story
Propaganda
Who said it was common sense to break away because a small island should not rule a continent?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to encourage colonists to break free from England
Common Sense
Hit and run fighting tactics used by the colonists
Guerilla Warfare