Key Vocabulary
to stop buying or using something as a form of protest
What is to boycott?
This was an area that Britain and France wanted to control in the 1700s. This region is where the first conflicts of the French and Indian War took place.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
The colonies declared independence from Britain. It declared colonists’ natural rights. It was written not only to Great Britain, but also to other countries. It unified the colonies as Americans. It gave the country its name: the United States.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Patriot riflemen from what is now Tennessee defeated the Loyalists using guerrilla warfare. This victory basically ended the British campaign in the South.
What is the battle of Kings Mountain?
wanted to preserve the existing relationship with Britain.
Who are the loyalist?
a system of rule by which a country, state, or other political unit is managed
What is a government?
This was an important trading post in Tennessee, but it was also the site where the Cherokee Nation and the British colonists erupted in conflict or fought against one another in 1760.
is the introduction that states why the colonists want to separate.
What is the preamble?
Troops from the Continental Army trapped the British on a peninsula at Yorktown and laid siege. French ships blocked the British from getting help by sea. The British surrender effectively ended the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
He wanted the colonies to break from Great Britain and create a new form of government.
Who is Thomas Paine?
a public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance
What is a proclamation?
1. Britain wanted to prevent conflict with American Indians in the region.
2. Britain wanted to increase trade with American Indians. People wanted to settle the land that they fought for. Settlers in the area did not want to move back east.
3. Britain wanted to defend existing colonies and trade along the Proclamation Line.
What are the goals of the Proclamation?
a list the complaints colonists had with British government.
What are grievances?
George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Eve and then defeated the British forces at Trenton and Princeton. This greatly raised the morale of the Continental Army.
What is the Battle Trenton and Princeton?
wanted independence to make their own rules and laws
Who are the patriots?
a formal announcement
What is a declaration?
They did not like the Tea Act. The act forced British tea on them, cut colonial merchants from the tea trade, and still included the tea tax.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
announces the formation of the United States as a country free from Britain.
What is the conclusion?
The Patriots’ victory prompted France to sign a Treaty of Alliance. French support greatly helped the Patriots in future battles
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Which battle was the last major battle of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
to use a small group of forces to carry out irregular attacks and raids on a large force
What is guerrilla warfare?
The first armed conflict of the American Revolution took place at _______ and ________.
What are Lexington and Concord?
2. According to the Declaration of Independence, what should be the role of government?
What is to govern the people and that people have the power to choose the government?
Who won the American Revolution?
What is America?
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
Who is George Washington?