Causes Part I
Required colonists to have proof of a paid tax
Stamp Act
What left the British in a massive amount of debt?
French & Indian War
Continental Army General, who also served in the military for the British during the French & Indian War.
George Washington
Which battle used the famous phrase..."Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eyes" ?
Bunker Hill
What treaty ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
Group that voted to ban all trade with England, and started to train the militia
Intolerable Acts were a punishment for what?
Boston Tea Party
Leader/Ruler of the British
King George III
First fighting of the American Revolution happened where?
Lexington & Concord
Nickname for the British
Loyalists, Redcoats
Secret group that planned and executed protests against the British....they sometimes turned violent
Sons of Liberty
Act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers
Quartering Act
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Battle that convinced the French to support and fight with the Americans
Saratoga
HINT: the goal is to export more than you import, and build colonist for cash crops
Mercantilism
While the Sugar Act, placed a tax on sugar and molasses what was it really trying to stop?
Smuggling
Placed a tax on tea, lead, paper, glass
Townshend Acts
Credited with alerting the militia that the British were coming, or should I say that the "regulars" were coming
Paul Revere
Which battle ended the American Revolution?
Battle of Yorktown
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts
Proclamation of 1763
The image created by Paul Revere called "The Bloody Massacre" is an example of what...
propaganda
Notorious for being a traitor to the American military
Benedict Arnold
What was Valley Forge?
A military camp/fort
Led to the establishment of the post office, printed money, created the Continental Army and finally voted to ratify the Declaration of Independence
2nd Continental Congress