Vocab 1
Money people must pay to the government
Taxes
Freedom from control by another country
Independence
Colonists who stayed loyal to Britain
Loyalists
British king whose policies and taxes angered the American colonists.
King George III
Known as the "shot heard around the world"
Battles of Lexington and Concord
A big change in government, often when people fight for new leaders or rules.
Revolution
To speak out or act against something you think is unfair
Protest
Colonial soldiers who promised to be ready to fight at a minute’s notice
Minutemen
Patriot known for his midnight ride warning colonists that British troops were coming.
Paul Revere
General George Washington's first win of the war, boosting the morale of the military and the country.
Battles of Trenton
A law that gave one British company control of all tea sales in the colonies
Tea Act
A law that said colonists had to pay a tax on paper items like newspapers and legal documents
Stamp Act
Leader of the continental army who helped the colonies win independence from Britain
George Washington
Revolutionary War veteran who led Shays’ Rebellion, showing weaknesses in the early U.S. government.
Danielle Shay
This battles convinced the French to the join the colonists.
Battle of Saratoga
The document that said the colonies were breaking free from Britain
Declaration of Independence
A protest where colonists threw British tea into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
Patriots
Writer of Common Sense, a pamphlet that encouraged colonists to support independence.
Thomas Paine
Washington's military camp where drill master Friedrich von Steuben transformed Americans into disciplined soldiers.
Valley Forge
A formal agreement between countries that usually ends a war
Treaty
Served as government of the 13 colonies and later the United States
Continental Congress
Colonial leader who helped organize the army and supported independence from Britain. He is a main character in Hamilton, which shows his life and role in the Revolution
Alexander Hamilton
British general who led British forces during the American Revolution and fought against the continental army
Charles Cornwallis