Important People
This person wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
War fought between 1754 and 1763, Great Britain and the colonies against France and Native American Allies.
French and Indian War
Citizen soldiers during the revolution who were ready to fight at a moment's notice
Minutemen
Other name for the French and Indian War
Seven Years War
Leader of the Colonial Army, 1st president
George Washington
Order from the British King to stop colonist from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Deadly confrontation on March 5th, 1770 when British soldiers fired into a crowd.
Boston Massacre
The minutemen were a group of these
Militia
Defended the soldiers after the Boston Massacre, 2nd President
John Adams
When a group of people refuses to buy a product or service as a form a protest.
Boycott
Protest in 1773 when American colonist dumped chests of tea into a harbor.
Boston Tea Party
The founding document of the United States, Adapted July 4th, 1776
Declaration of Independence
Wanted to be in the room where it happens, 1st Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
A set of harsh laws passed by the British in 1774 as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
If loyalists were people who stayed loyal to the king, _______ were colonists who supported the American Revolution.
Patriots
The phrase for the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord.
"Shot heard around the world"
Leader of the British, a monarch
King George III
Examples: Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act
British Taxes
Group of representatives from the colonies that acted as a government during the Revolution.
Continental Congress
The natural rights that was in the first section of the Declaration of Independence.
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.