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Why is the year 1776 so significant?
Date of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence
This governing body helped unite the 13 colonies.
What was the Continental Congress?
Prevent colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. Meant to stop fighting between colonists and Native Americans
Proclamation of 1763
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Bonus Points
To give permission
Consent
Elected commander of chief of the colonists army
George Washington
Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
George Washinton
theory that a colony exists for the economic benefit of the mother country. This policy angered colonists who wanted to purchase goods from cheaper sources and to sell to a wider market.
Mercantilism
Who came to the aid of the Patriots to help win the American Revolution?
The French
another word for complaint. They had these against the King
grievance
Why did the King begin to tax the colonists?
Pay for the French and Indian War
The first military engagement of the Revolutionary War. It occurred on April 19, 1775, "Shot heard around the world"
Battle of Lexington and Concord
law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
Stamp Act
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Someone who did not want to side with the patriots or loyalists.
A neutral
These soldiers boasted that they could be ready to fight in one minute.
Minutemen
Last major victory for the colonists in the American Revolution
Battle of Yorktown
What was series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Indians dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
A person who supported the cause of freedom was called this.
What is a Patriot?
He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and in 1776 he was a member of the committee which wrote the Declaration of Independence; chief writer of Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support.
Battle of Saratoga
A protests where colonists dressed as Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
fundamental rights or natural rights guaranteed to people naturally, possessed at birth, instead of being granted by the government
Unalienable rights
Who were colonists who remained loyal to the British monarchy and disagreed with the Declaration of Independence
Loyalists