Key Figures
George Washington
A deadly clash in 1770 where British soldiers killed five colonists during a tense confrontation. Used by patriots as propaganda against Britain.
Boston Massacre
What was the Colonists point of view on British taxes? What was their slogan?
They felt the taxes were unfair since they had no representatives in Parliament. No Taxation Without Representation.
Colonists who want independence from England
Patriots
a British tax on tea
Tea Act
Patriot from Boston and leader of the sons of Liberty.
In 1773, colonists protested the Tea Act by dumping British tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What was the British point of view on their taxes?
Britain was in debt and believed the colonists should help pay for their own protection and the cost of the war.
Colonists who wanted to stay loyal to England
Loyalists
A British tax on sugar and molasses
Sugar Act
Ruler of Great Britain
King George III
The first battles of the American Revolution; known as “the shot heard ’round the world.”
Lexington and Concord
Why did the British create the Proclamation of 1763?
To keep relations peaceful with the Native Americans by banning settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
An economic system where colonies exist to make the mother country wealthy through trade.
Mercantilism
A tax on everyday goods like paper and glass
Townshend Acts
Founding Father who wrote the declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
A meeting where for the first time leaders from the colonies all came together
1st Continental Congress
Refusing to buy goods as a form of protest.
boycott
A period when Britain loosely enforced its laws on the colonies, allowing them more freedom.
Salutary Neglect
British law that required colonists to provide British soldiers with food and shelter
Quartering Act
Partiot who warned the colonists that the British were coming
Paul Revere
A document written in 1776 that explained why the colonies were separating from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
A patriot known for his Give me Liberty or give me death speech
Patrick Henry
Information used to persuade people’s opinions, often exaggerated or biased.
Propaganda
Intolerable Acts