British Policies
Tax on Sugar
Sugar Act
To cancel or remove
Repeal
Leader of Continental Army
George Washington
Where the Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress
Turning point of the Revolution- French allied with Americans after this battle.
Battle of Saratoga
Tax on Paper Products
Stamp Act
To protest something by refraining from buying products or goods.
Boycott
Author of "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
Rebellion against the Tea Act.
Boston Tea Party
1st battles of the American Revolution. "Shot heard around the world"
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Placed an indirect tax on imported goods (tea, glass, paper) to pay judges and colonial governors a salary to remain loyal to British
Townshend Acts
A secret group of colonists that organized protests and boycotts.
Sons of Liberty
Ambassador to France, Postmaster general
Ben Franklin
Occurred when British soldiers fired into a crowd of protesting colonists.
Boston Massacre
Showed that beating the colonists would not be as easy as the British thought.
Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill
Declared that the colonies were apart of the British Empire
Declaratory Act
geographical feature that was Western Boarder of U.S. after Revolutionary War.
Mississippi River
Prussian who helped train troops at Valley Forge
Frederich Van Steuben
Cherokee Indians surrounded and attacked British at this fort.
Fort Loudoun
Battle of Trenton
Series of acts passed to punish colonist due to Boston Tea Party
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
British government policy that allowed the colonies to self-govern UNTIL the policy was reversed after Britain was in debt from the French & Indian War.
Salutary Neglect
Colonial Commander who later turned into a traitor.
Benedict Arnold
War over territory in the Ohio River Valley, caused Britain to go into major debt.
French and Indian War
Ended the British campaign in the South. Used a lot of guerrilla warfare tactics.
Battle of Kings Mountain