British Acts
Considered the 1st act to infuriate colonists, the British told them they had to stay on the East side of the mountain to keep from irritating the Native Americans
Proclamation of 1763
Leader of the English, irritant to the Americans
King George III
Battle lost by Gen. Burgoyne that convinced the French they could help America and help defeat their old enemy
Saratoga
Once an area had reached a population of 60,000 it could go from being a ____________ to a ________ with all rights of such
Territory.....State
Most common form of government in the colonies under British rule
Some form of self-government
Used by the Sons of Liberty as propaganda to turn public opinion against the British a drawing was sent around the colonies showing the British killing people in the streets
Boston Massacre
Commander in Chief of the American troops
George Washington
Christmas battle where Washington's troops defeated the Hessian mercenaries
Battle of Trenton
Document that told the world America was no longer going to be a colony of England
Declaration of Independence
America's 1st government that successfully led the country through the Revolution
Articles of Confederation
Purpose of the acts passed by Parliament such as the Townshend, Quartering and Intolerable Acts
To control the colonies
One of the first colonists killed in the cause of freedom. Killed in Boston
Crispus Attucks
Their defeat at this battle forced the British to open peace negotiations with America
Yorktown
This pamphlet is credited for helping to convince Americans that peace with England was impossible
Common Sense
British legislature that colonists felt didn't represent them
Parliament
These acts cut off Boston by closing the harbor. Also outlawed MA self-government
Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
Give me Liberty or Give me Death!
Patrick Henry
When colonists threw tea in the harbor, it was considered an act of ________ __________
Civil Disobedience
Benjamin Franklin showed his support of freedom of speech when he said this
"There is no liberty without freedom of speech"
Set of laws that laid out how a territory could become a state
Northwest Land Ordinance
Meaning of No Taxation without Representation
Colonists objected to being taxed when they had no representatives in Parliament
Never a soldier but considered one of the most influential men who fought for independence. Signed but didn't write the Declaration of Independence
John Adams or Benjamin Franklin
Not a battle but this was a time a Prussian officer named Baron von Stuben came to help train American soldiers
Valley Forge
Name 3 heroes of the American Revolution
George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Patrick Henry, John Adams, etc
Why the states supported the AOC
States kept most of the power. Didn't want a king. All states were equal