Acts
What is an act that said colonial settlement could not go to the west of the Appalachian mountains to prevent warfare with Indians.
What is Proclamation of 1763?
The first battle of the American Revolution in which British soldiers marched tried to sieze American arms. Battle broke an after a mysterious shot was fired.
What is Lexington and Concord?
Leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The U.S. border after the Revolutionary War, made official in the 1783 Treaty of Paris
What is the Mississippi River?
Violent encounter between colonists and British officers in Massachusetts
What is Boston Massacre?
An act that the British used to control trade in the colonies
What is the Navigation Acts?
The battle that helped pursuade the French that they should on get involved on the Americans side.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
A philosopher who wrote of natural rights and laws of nature.
Who is John Locke?
The place where Washington's army remained encamped where they suffered terribly from the frigid weather.
What is Valley Forge?
Colonial protest led by Sons of Liberty; dressed up as American Indians and threw British tea into the harbor
What is Boston Tea Party?
Laws enacted in Massachusetts by the British to teach them a lesson and punish them after the British Tea Party
What is the Intolerable Acts?
The winning battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle at Yorktown?
Frenchman who helped Washington with military strategy and supplies at Valley Forge
Who is Lafayette?
Women who spun and wove at home so as not to purchase British goods.
Who is Daughter's of Liberty?
Reason for British taxes after the French and Indian War
What is British war debt?
Required colonists to pay taxes on any official documents or mail
What is the Stamp Act?
The battle when George Washington's army marched across the frozen Delaware River to surprise attack the Hessians (British allies).
What is the battle of Trenton?
Prussian man who helped train the Continental Army in combat skills at Valley Forge
Who is Baron von Steuben?
Document that declared natural rights, stated all men are created equal, and blamed King George III for the conflicts between America and Britain
What is Declaration of Independence?
Group of colonists responsible for organizing communication among colonies during the Revolution
What is Committees of Correspondence?
Required colonists to house British troops
What is the Quartering Act?
The battle in which the "first martyr of the American Revolution" was established.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson?
Persuaded colonists to support independence from Great Britain
What is Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
Country that provided the colonies the most military and financial support during the Revolution
What is France?