Acts
This act taxed almost all printed materials: Newspapers, wills, and even playing cards.
Stamp Act
American war hero, known as the father of the US Navy
John Paul Jones
The first fights of the Revolutionary War took place at these two cities.
Lexington and Concord
This order prohibited colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763.
Civilians during the Revolutionary era, sworn to be ready to fight in a minutes notice.
Minutemen
This act actually lowered the tax on molasses imported by the colonists but, it allowed British officers to seize goods from accused smugglers.
Sugar Act
British general who surrendered to the Continental army at the Battle of Yorktown.
General Cornwallis
Known as the "Turning point" of the Revolutionary War.
Battle of Saratoga
This document officially ended the Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris of 1783.
A privately owned ship outfitted with weapons.
Privateer
Tax on imported goods that people buy and sell, such as glass, tea, and paper.
Townshend Acts
This patriot disguised himself as a Dutch teacher and spied on British troops. Famous for his quote "I only regret, that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Nathan Hale
This battle showed Britain that the war would last much longer than originally anticipated.
Battle of Bunker Hill
This document officially ended the French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris of 1763.
The name of the ship defeated by John Paul Jones - the British ship
Serapis
Name the two main parts of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts.
1. Banned town meetings in Boston
2. Closed the Boston Harbor
Three Americans sent to Paris to sign the treaty to end the war.
Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, John Adams
In Bennington, Vermont, this local militia group defeated General Burgoyne's army - forcing a retreat to Saratoga.
Green Mountain Boys
The three Unalienable Rights stated in the Declaration of Independence.
1. Life
2. Liberty
3. Pursuit of Happiness
The Continental army found themselves stuck in this small settlement during the winter of 1778.
Valley Forge
This act stated that Britain had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies "in all cases"
Declaratory Act.
Patriot leader of the South, nicknamed the "Swamp Fox" because of his "hit-and-run" military tactics
Francis Marion
British general Henry Clinton attacked this southern city and took thousands of Americans as prisoners - it was the worst American defeat of the war.
Charlestown
This section of the Declaration of Independence served as the introduction and stated that the colonists wished to form a new country
Preamble
A traitor of the Continental army. Once a captain for the Americans, later sold military information to the British and fought against the Americans.
Benedict Arnold