Causes
This act by put forth by the British forced Colonists to pay taxes on all imported goods like paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea from Britain.
What was the Townshend Acts
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War.
Who are Loyalists?
Colonists who favored the war against Britain were called
What were: Patriots
Paying for the cost of this event was the first reason the British needed tax money from the Colonists.
What was the French Indian War.
The refusal to buy British goods
What is a boycott
This famous traitor started fighting on the Colonists side and was seen as a war hero during the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Saratoga.
Who is Benedict Arnold
No one knows who fired the first shot here that would eventually lead to the "start" of the Revolutionary War.
What is Lexington
These colonial volunteers trained regularly and got their nickname because they kept their muskets at hand and were ready to fight in a minutes notice.
What were the Minutemen
The British were tricked and ambushed here while acting on a tip that colonial militia members were compiling arms and ammunition to use against them.
Where is Concord
Britain punished Boston because of this incident.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
This young Connecticut officer volunteered to go behind enemy lines and was caught with British troop movements in the soles of his shoes.
Who was Nathan Hale
Colonists stayed here during the winter of 1777-78 and experienced horrible conditions such as minimal food and smallpox.
What is Valley Forge
These legal documents used by the British allowed them to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason.
What are Writs of Assistance
This famous battle became a turning point in the war and persuaded the French to fight with the Colonists.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
This economic system was created by Europe to gain power and control the colonies in order to gain money for the mother country
What is Mercantilism.
This British writer and editor moved to Philadelphia in 1774 and wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, which changed many colonists' attitudes toward Great Britain and the king.
Who was Thomas Paine
The British created this boundary line to ease the tensions between the colonies and local Native American tribes.
What was Proclamation of 1763
This hit and run tactic was primarily used by the colonists in order to conserve soldiers during Revolutionary War battles.
What is Guerrilla
The British surrendered here after the American and French troops laid siege to Cornwallis's army of fewer than 8,000.
What was the Battle of Yorktown
This list of punishments was handed down by the British after the Boston Tea Party
Colonists forced to house British soldiers...
Massachusetts being taken over by Thomas Gage of Britain...
The closing of Boston's port...
Moved Trials against Government Officials to Great Britain/Canada
What is the Intolerable Acts.
This chief incited other American Indian groups to fight the British and led an attack on British troops at Fort Detroit.
Who is Pontiac
What is Civil Disobedience
The British attacked and surrounded the colonial army here in New York and remained there for the rest of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Long Island