Vocabulary
THIS WORD MEANS- to refuse to buy items in order to protest certain actions or to force acceptance of one’s terms; to refuse to use
What is a boycott?
This person was chosen by the Continental Congress to draft the official text of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Due to its rocky soil and harsh climate, this specific colonial region relied on geographic features to develop shipping and manufacturing industries rather than massive plantations.
What is New England?
This unpopular British tax on paper goods directly provoked colonists to form the Sons of Liberty and engage in open protests.
What was the Stamp Act of 1775?
Despite brutal winter conditions and severe deprivation, this location allowed the Continental Army to improve as they were trained by foreign military experts.
What was Valley Forge?
This massive global exchange of crops, deadly diseases, and labor transformed world populations, economies, and power structures across multiple continents.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and famously led his troops across the icy Delaware River during the Battle of Trenton
Who was George Washington?
This historical event serves as a classic textbook example of how rumors, fear, and unverified claims can blend with mass hysteria to override logical legal protections.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
Drafted primarily by Thomas Jefferson and adopted on July 4, 1776, this document formally announced the separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This specific military victory is widely considered the true turning point of the war because it officially convinced France and Spain to form an alliance with the Americans.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This document established a strict boundary along the Appalachian Mountains, restricting colonists from expanding westward to avoid conflict with Native Americans.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
A silversmith and Patriot, he used dramatic visual storytelling in his famous engraving of the Boston Massacre to turn public opinion against the British.
Who was Paul Revere?
The Middle Colonies earned this specific nickname because they grew massive amounts of grains like wheat, rye, and barley.
What was the Breadbasket?
This 1770 event began as a street brawl between a mob of colonists throwing snowballs and British soldiers, ending in the gunfire death of five colonists.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This early advocate famously urged her husband to "Remember the Ladies" during the creation of new American laws, laying the early groundwork for women's rights.
Who was Abigail Adams?
The term for false or inaccurate information that spreads rapidly through communities, often resulting in widespread social harm.
What is misinformation?
This monarch ruled Great Britain during the American Revolution and rejected the colonists' Olive Branch Petition.
Who was King George III?
The Southern economy relied heavily on this agricultural system, which utilized massive tracts of land and forced enslaved labor.
What was the plantation system?
This was the direct legal result passed by British Parliament to punish Boston specifically for the destruction of the tea.
What were the Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts?
The last battle fought in the fall of 1781, holds this historic distinction in the timeline of the American Revolution.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
This definition refers to- Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause; information used to influence opinion
What is a propaganda?
Originally a brilliant general for the Continental Army, his name became completely synonymous with the word "traitor" after he secretively switched sides to join the British.
This river inspired Dutch colonization in New York State due to its deep, ice-free natural harbor. It made an ideal center for transatlantic trade and importing manufactured goods from Europe.
What was the Hudson River?
This famous political cartoon used stark, aggressive symbolism and a divided snake to persuade the highly fractured colonies that unity was mandatory for survival.
What was "Join or Die"?
Following the catastrophic British defeat at Yorktown, British and American diplomats signed this official document two years later, legally recognizing American independence.
What was the Treaty of Paris?