Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
law making body
Congress
a series of acts that place taxes on products being sold to the colonist
Townshend Act
This meant that colonist were no longer taxed by the British Government
Repealing the Stamp Act
It gave Britain large sections of North America, including French Territories east of the Mississippi
What is the Proclamation of 1763
Disguised herself as a man to serve in the Continental army during the American Revolution
Deborah Sampson
owes money
debt
taxes on products coming into the country
tariff
This stated that Parliament could make laws in the colonies
Declaratory Act
caused colonist to think about forming a union
The Albany Plan
Served as commander in chief of the Continental army
George Washington
A law passed by the British Government that taxed all of the paper used by colonist
Stamp Act
ways of life that are done a regular basis
custom
They were taxed without represntation
the colonists
King George was afraid of the Albany Plan because...
What is make the colonist too powerful
Worked as a spy in the American Revolution and helped Americans win a decisive battle
James Armistead
A group of colonial men who protested the unjust taxes of the British
Sons of Liberty
to recognize the authority of
acknowledge
sent warships into Boston Harbor in 1768
King George III
Became a common cry
" No taxation without Representation"
He surrendered in Yorktown in 1781
Cornwall Wallis
the refusal to buy a product as part of a protest
Boycott
to keep
retain
Named after him, this member of Parliament that proposed them
Charles Towshend
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What are the 4 New England colonies