Vocabulary
Refusal to buy a product or good
A colonists that wanted independence from Great Britain
Patriot
When the Sons of Liberty threw 342 tons of tea into the Boston Harbour
Boston Tea Party
The government formed by colonist leaders to decide what to do with Great Britain. They held two meetings.
The first and second continental congress
The turning point in the war
Battle of Saratoga
A local force of armed, untrained citizens
Militia
A colonist that supported King George III and wanted to remain a part of Great Britian
Loyalist
The war that caused Great Britain to directly tax the colonies due to debt
The French and Indian War
punishment for the Boston Tea Party where colonists destroyed tea in Massachusetts
Intolerable Acts
First day of fighting - first battles of the war
A change (to fight for change)
Revolution
leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
The famous quote used by the colonists to express that the were unhappy with the taxes placed on them without their say or input
No Taxation Without Representation
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to encourage colonists that the king was a tyrant, colonies could govern themselves, and it was time for the colonists to become free and independent.
Common Sense
Strengths of the continental army
knew the land, fighting for something they believed in, George Washington as their leader.
Money paid to a government
Taxes
created a pamphlet that supported the colonists becoming independent
Thomas Paine
The closing of the Port of Boston with the Intolerable Acts was a result of what event
Boston Tea Party
Purpose of the declaration of independence
To explain why the colonists were breaking away from Great Britain
Conditions at Valley Forge for continental soldiers
Cold, little food, not enough shoes, no blankets, old, torn clothes, diseases
When two or more groups or countries agree to work together in war or trade.
Alliances
Authored/wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Event that resulted in 5 colonists dead with no clear group of people are fault
The end of the war: American colonists were free and independent from Great Britain.
The Treaty of Paris 1783
How did the American Army win at Yorktown
surrounded British navy with the help of France