British Acts
This Act of 1773 made East India's tea cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea
Tea Act
Colonists seized this British customs ship in 1772 and burned it. The British took suspects to England for trial.
The Gaspee
British General who ordered his troops to seize the militia's supply depot at Concord
General Gage
Colonists boarded a ship in December 1773 and dumped tea in this harbor
Boston Harbor
created by each colony to communicate with the other colonies about British activities
committee of correspondence
Passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party it:
shut down Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for; required all judges, sheriffs, and councils to be appointed by the Governor; allowed the Governor to move trials to England; lodging for British soldiers was required
The Coercive Acts
On April 18, 1775 British troops fired at 70 minutemen waiting for them at this town's green; killing 8 and wounding 10
Lexington
Two patriots who were sent to Lexington to warn the people that the British were coming
Paul Revere and William Dawes
Colony that first defied Britain
Massachusetts
a special unit of militia in the town of Concord
minutemen
This act gave more territory to Quebec and stated that governor and council appointed by the king would run Quebec
Quebec Act
The British moved on to _____________ after Lexington where they found 400 minutemen waiting for them; the minutemen forced the British to retreat
Concord
Virginian planter and slave owner, chosen by Congress to lead the Continental Army against the British forces during Revolutionary War?
George Washington
The First Continental Congress met here in 1774
Philadelphia
Americans who backed Britain
Loyalists
The Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act became known as the _________________ Acts
Intolerable
This Battle in 1775 resulted in turning back two British advances; the colonial militia only retreated due to a lack of ammunition; it was a huge boost to American confidence that the untrained colonials could stand up to the feared British army
Battle of Bunker Hill
He wrote a persuasive pamphlet called Common Sense
Thomas Paine
While Congress was sending the Olive Branch Petition to the king, radicals in Congress had ordered an attack on the British troops in ____________; convincing the British that there was no hope of reconciliation
Quebec
This congress wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances which expressed loyalty to the king but condemned the Coercive Acts and announced that the colonies were forming a nonimportation association
1st Continental Congress
The British repealed these acts after the Boston Massacre in 1770 leading to two years of calm before a new crisis began
Townshend Acts
Name given to the militia army around Boston by the Second Continental Congress
Continental Army
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Colony where two Loyalist armies were organized to assist the British troops; one was composed of all white loyalists, the other of enslaved Africans. The Africans were promised freedom if they fought for the Loyalist cause.
Virginia
Originally comprised of the Massachusetts' militia and would later include soldiers from all colonies that would carry out the fight against the British in North America.
The Continental Army