Battles
American Militia vs British Army - 1st battle of the Revolution, April 19 1775, MA,
Battle of Lexington & Concord
1765 - The British put a tax on stamps which went on MANY products. The boycotted (stopped buying the stamps) and petitioned Parliament.
Stamp Act
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He was appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775. Despite having little experience in commanding large, conventional military forces, his leadership presence and fortitude held the American military together long enough to secure victory at Yorktown and independence for his new nation in 1781
George Washington
Those colonials who were growing weary of British rules and policies, especially when they had no say in how these laws would be made or implemented. They strived for freedom from a tyrannical royal government,
Patriot
June 17, 1775 Charleston, Boston, MA, American - Israel Putnam vs British Gen. Howe, Moral Victory America could have won!
Battle of Bunker Hill
It banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. They were angry and still settled there anyways
Proclamation of 1763
1764 - The act put a duty (import tax) on products like sugar and molasses. The colonies protested and smuggled in goods.
The Sugar Act
British general, best remembered for his defeat by superior American forces in the Saratoga (New York) campaign of 1777, during the American Revolution
John Burgoyne
Also called Tory, colonist loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution & about one-third of the population of the American colonies during that conflict
Loyalist
July 5 - 6, 1777, Lake Champlain, NY, American - St. Claire vs British - Gen. Burgoyne, Siege for the British 3 Pronged Attack, British won
Battle at Fort Ticonderoga
1765 - The colonists were required to house and feed British soldiers. The colonists protest angrily.
Quartering Act
1774 - Started the first Continental Congress
- Closed Boston Harbor
- Increased British Control
- Strengthened the Quartering Act
The Intolerable Acts
French gerneral served as a major-general in the Continental Army under George Washington. Wounded during the Battle of Brandywine, he still managed to organize a successful retreat. He served with distinction in the Battle of Rhode Island
Marquis de Lafayette
An attack in three separate places against an enemy. General John Burgoyne would march from Canada. Colonel Barry St. Leger would attack from the East. General Howe would reinforce from the South.
3 Pronged Attack
August 6 - 23, 1777, Rome, NY, American - Gansevoort & American Soldiers vs British - St. Ledger Siege (take over) Benedict Arnold sends a fake letter saying help was coming, America won
Battle at Fort Stanwix
1773 - Lowered the price of tea but gave a monopoly to one company to sell tea.
The colonist - Protests, boycotting, becoming more aggressive.
Tea Act
List the taxes that upset the colonist
Tea, stamps, sugar
An early hero of the Revolutionary War who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history
Benedict Arnold
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
The Declaration of Independence
Sept. 19, 1777 & Oct. 7, 1777, Saratoga Springs, NY, American - Benedict Arnold & Horatio Gates vs British - Gen. Burgoyne, TURNING POINT OF THE REVOLUTION, America won!
Battle of Saratoga
A political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor
Boston Tea Party
A fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry
Boston Massacre
A Prussian military man hired by George Washington to whip the Continental Army into shape during the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, is known for his bravery and the discipline and grit he brought to the American troops
Baron von Steuben
Began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution
French & Indian War