Taxes/Acts
Tax placed on paper goods
Stamp Act
Documents that allowed officers to search almost anywhere.
Writs of Assistance
342 chest of tea thrown into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
President of Continental Congress
John Hancock
Conflict over land in North America; Britain defeated France
French & Indian War
Lowered the tax on molasses the colonist imported
Sugar Act
Information designed to influence opinion
Propaganda
Reason for Patriot's defeat in the Battle of Long Island
Outnumbered
Thomas Paine
First Major Battle of Revolutionary War. (B)
Battle at Bunker Hill
Tax on imported goods (glass, tea, paper)
Townshend Acts
Refusal to purchase British goods.
Boycott
Fight between Bostonians and British, resulting in 5 colonist dying.
Boston Massacre
Wrote the First draft of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
First shots of Revolutionary War, took place here as the British marched to capture Concord
Lexington
"Right" to tax and make decisions for British colonies in ALL cases.
Declaratory Act
Prohibited colonist from settling West of Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Political body that represented Americans and challenge British control.
Continental Congress
Leader of the Continental Army & First President
George Washington
Final Battle where the British surrender
Battle of Yorktown
Laws that were meant to punish the colonists
Coercive Act (Intolerable Act)
Introduction of a formal document
Preamble
Final Agreement to end the war.
Treaty of Paris
Enslaved African American who was the first person to die at Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
Battle that was considered the Turning Point in the American Revolution
Battle of Saratoga