British Acts
Taxed all printed materials in the colonies... even playing cards!
Stamp Act
The first colonist killed in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Define Parliament
The law-making part of British government
The first battles of the Revolutionary War took place at
Lexington and Concord
The French and Indian War was fought over control of the
Ohio River Valley
Taxed molasses imports to the colonies... sweet!
Sugar Act
Boston Harbor was closed and New England town meetings were restricted as part of this law, meant to punish the people of Boston... intolerable!
Coercive Act
Define delegate
Representative
These two victories provided a much needed morale boost to a struggling Continental Army in December 1776 and January 1777
Trenton and Princeton
Cannot be changed or taken away
These acts taxed "everyday" items such as glass, lead, and tea.
Townshend Acts
The Tea Act led to this famous colonial protest, where colonists boarded 3 British ships in the dead of night and dumped 300+ chests of tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Define boycott
Refuse to purchase goods or services as an act of protest
This battle convinced the French to officially join the war in support of the Continental Army
Proclamation of 1763
Required colonists to pay for the housing and supplies of British troops in North America
Quartering Act
This patriot was at the Boston Massacre, and later created an engraving that became propaganda, showing the British soldiers acting in a cold, calculated manner
Paul Revere
Define militia
A citizen army that, in certain cases, engages with a professional army
The final battle of the Revolutionary War
Yorktown
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The Tea Act gave a monopoly on tea sales to this company, undercutting colonial merchants
British East India Company
QUICK MATH: The year the Declaration of Independence was signed + the number of colonists killed at the Boston Massacre
1781
Define Hessians
German soldiers contracted to fight for the British Army
This document officially ended the war and recognized the United States as an independent nation
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The 3 "natural rights" described in the Declaration of Independence are...
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness