Vocabulary
An american colonist who strongly opposed British rule.
Patriot
to form a plan
Strategy
These taxes replaced the Stamp Act
The Townshend Act
What is ONE reason why the Second Continental Congress was so important?
1. It formed the Continental Army
2. Sent an olive branch to KG3
What two important battles did Washington win that helped end the war?
the crime of fighting against one’s own country
Treason
to cancel
Repeal
True or False
To pay of the debt from the French and Indian War, Great Britain taxed items like paper goods
True
Was it a fact or an opinion that the colonies had the right to become a separate country?
Opinion
True or False
The Native Americans agreed to help the British because the British promised gold
False
The British would stop the colonists from taking their land
the act of refusing to use or buy something
Boycott
the spirits or confidence of a people or group
Morale
Why did the colonists find the Stamp Act unfair?
No taxation without representation
Why was the capture of Fort Ticonderoga so important?
The Patriots captured cannons and used those cannons to force the British out of Boston.
Who was known as the Swamp Fox?
Francis Marion
Controlled by the military
Martial Law
to give food or shelter to others
Quarter
When colonists dressed up as Native Americans and threw tea into the Boston Harbor
The Boston Tea Party
What happened with the French after the battle of Saratoga?
They joined the colonists
Name ONE of the two souther colonies the British captured.
Charleston
Savannah
colonists who supported Great Britain during the Revolutionary War
Loyalists
to volunteer in the army
Militia
Where were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
Why were women who helped fight called Molly Pitcher?
They brought water to them in pitchers
What country helped the Patriots at Yorktown by blocking ships in the Chesapeak Bay?
The French