Important People
Important People
Causes of Tension
Causes of Tension
The War
100
American colonists who supported independence and the war against England
Patriot
100
American colonists who sided with the British
Loyalists
100
Colonists forced to house British soldiers... a particularly hated act
Quartering Act
100
Allowed the British to search without warrants or probably cause
Writs of Assistance
100
powerful army and navy
well trained
larger population
The British
200
General of the Continental Army, who became the first President of the United States
George Washington
200
Wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
200
According to the English, this conflict between the French and English was the reason for increasing Colonial taxes
French and Indian War
200
Colonists dressed up like Native Americans and threw British goods into the harbor. They were protesting the tax on tea.
Boston Tea Party
200
used ambush/guerilla style warfare
motivated to win
The Colonists
300
Sam Adams, John Hancock, and Paul revere were members...a secret group that organized attacks on the British
Sons of Liberty
300
German soldiers who fought for the British
Hessians
300
Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation Line of 1763
300
Actually lowered the tax on molasses, encouraging colonists to buy more
Sugar Act
300
The Revolutionary War began with which battles
Lexington and Concord
400
His pamphlet, Common Sense, convinced many colonists to support independence.
Thomas Paine
400
General who fought for the British... made some terrible mistakes..like staying too long in Philadelphia and not pursuing Washington into New Jersey
General Howe
400
Redcoats fired into the crowd...killing some but are eventually found not guilty
Boston Massacre
400
Designed to punish Massachusetts for violating previous acts- for example, Boston Harbor was closed
Intolerable Acts
400
Treaty that ended the war...
1. Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation
2. share fishing rights with the British in the North Atlantic
3. Loyalists will be treated fairly by the American government
Treaty of Paris
500
George Washington hired this German general to train Colonial troops at Valley Forge
Baron Von Steuben
500
British general defeated at the Battle of Saratoga. Turning point of war. French now encouraged to assist the Americans.
General Burgoyne
500
After this act, which taxes printed goods, colonists demanded "no taxation without representation"
Stamp Act
500
tax placed on essential items... tea, glass, lead.. protests and boycotts result
Townshend Acts
500
-a "break up" letter to England from the Colonists
-states that the people have the right to abolish a government if that government violates peoples' natural rights. If these rights are not given, the people can rebel.
The Declaration of Independence