A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
Triangular Trade
Where "the shot heard round the world" was fired
Lexington
King of Britain during the Revolutionary War
er
King Gorge III
Author of Common Sense, a paper that convinced colonists to rebel against England.
Thomas Paine
formally put an end to (get rid of)
abolish
one who cultivates land or raises animals
Farmers
Named commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
A very important document that told England Americans wanted to be free and independent
Declaration of Independence
a legal member of a state and/or country
citizen
Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Indentured Servant
Considered to be the first major battle of the Revolutionary War
Bunker Hill
product brought in from another country
Import
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
New England Colonies
Enlightenment Philosopher that influenced Paine
John Locke
A system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, they were also forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time their captured, purchased, or birth and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation.
Slave
The site of a famous "Massacre" and "Tea Party"
Boston
Famous midnight rider who warned the colonists that the British were coming
Paul Revere
Representatives from the colonies met and voted to get all 13 colonies involved in the war and make George Washington in charge of the army
2nd Continental Congress
A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on leads, glass, paint and tea
Townshend Acts
a member of the aboriginal peoples of the western hemisphere
Native American
Required colonists to house British soldiers
Quartering Act
The first meeting between representatives from the colonies to talk about their frustration with England and unite as one. a
First Continental Congress
Men ready to fight in a minute's notice; America's first soldiers.
Minutemen
Always had the right to vote
White male property owners