Laws
British law intended to cut molasses smuggling so the British could gain more revenue
What is the Sugar Act?
First official battle of the American Revolution
What is Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The Native American nation that allied with the British colonists to fight against the French colonists
Who are the Iroquois?
A peace agreement
What is a Treaty?
One of several British laws requiring American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in North America
What is the Quartering Act?
1773 incident in which the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped their cargo in protest of British taxes on colonists
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
Unjust rule by an absolute ruler
What is Tyranny?
British law that required paper money be exchanged for British coins to regulate the colonist economy
What is the Currency Act?
The 1774 meeting of representatives from all American colonies to decide on a response to the Intolerable Acts
What is the First Continental Congress?
Groups of merchants, shopkeepers, and craftsmen who successfully opposed the Stamp Act by establishing a boycotting network of British goods
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Large guns that can fire over a long distance
What is Artillery?
Set of British laws that placed duties on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint; required colonists to purchase them all from Britain
What are the Townshend Acts?
Also known as the Seven Years War; was fought between British and French colonies with the assistance of Native Americans
What is the French and Indian War?
Legislative body of England/Great Britain
What is parliament?
Form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services
What is a Boycott?
Law requiring colonists to stay East of a line drawn on a map along the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
1779 incident in which British soldiers fired on locals who had been taunting them
What is the Boston Massacre?
An American colonist who supported the right of the American colonies to govern themselves
What is a Patriot?
To cancel or nullify, especially a law
What is Repeal?