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Vocab
100

This man designed the engraving about the Boston Massacre that was spread around the colonies as Propaganda

Paul Revere

100

This battle was launched on Christmas morning as a surprise attack

Battle of Trenton

100

This protest was a result of the Tea Act and the British Monopoly on Tea

Boston Tea Party

100

Defended the British Soldiers after the Boston Massacre in a court room

John Adams

100

Name of a colonist who wanted Independence

Patriot

200

This man was the commander of the Continental Army

George Washington

200
General Cornwallis surrounded to George Washington at this battle

Battle of Yorktown

200

This event halted westward movement of colonists, angering them

Proclamation of 1763

200

The leader of the American Navy who was often considered a Pirate

John Paul Jones

200

Name of a colonist who wanted to remain with Britain

Loyalist


300

This man was from France and was a trusted aide to General George Washington

Lafayette

300

The British began to raise taxes on the colonists after this war

French and Indian War

300

This rallying cry became the core reason the colonists were mad about taxation

No Taxation without Representation

300

Disguised herself as a man to fight against the British 

Deborah Sampson

300

This location is where Patriot forces endured a winter of terrible suffering

Valley Forge

400

This man from Prussia trained the continental army at Valley Forge

Friedrich von Steuben 

400

These battles started the Revolutionary War

Battles of Lexington and Concord

400

This act put taxes on glass, tea, paint, and other goods

Townshend Acts

400

Disguised himself as a Dutch School teacher to spy on the British; eventually was caught and hanged

Nathan Hale

400

A local fighting force that is designed to just protect the town or village that the soldiers are from

Militia

500

This man wrote the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

500

This battle sparked foreign countries to come help the Patriots

Battle of Saratoga

500

This event was the first bloodshed of the British/Patriot conflict that angered many colonists

Boston Massacre

500

Leader of the Patriots at Saratoga, but eventually was a traitor and defected to the British.

Benedict Arnold

500

This economic policy was set up by Britain that required them to gain gold, sell goods, and acquire colonies.

Mercantilism