Unit 4 The American Revolution

Acts

100

This act placed a tax on all printed documents.

Stamp Act

200

This act required colonists to house and feed British soilders.

Quartering Act

300

This act was passed to pay for the debt caused by the French and Indian War, and was eventually repealed.

Sugar Act

400

This stated all land west of the Appalachain Mountains was Native American territory.

Proclamation of 1763

500

This act taxed suspended the New York assembly, gave officials the right to search homes, and put taxes on glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea.

Townshend Acts

People

100

First signer of the Declaration of Independence

John Hancock

200

First martyr of the American Revolution

Crispus Attucks

300

First African American woman to publish a book in America

Phillis Wheatley

400

Oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence and helped Jefferson make edits to the draft

Benjamin Franklin

500

Famously known in American as a traitor 

Benedict Arnold

Battles

100

The first battles of the American Revolution. Colonial militia men faught against the British at two locations.

Lexington and Concord

200

"Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes"

Battle of Bunker Hill

300

Not really a battle. The Continental Army faced a harsh winter, but left as a highly trained army.

the encampment at Valley Forge

400

This battle is famous for securing French involvement in the war against Britian.

Battle of Saratoga

500

The British played the song "The World Turned Upside Down" after this battle because they surrendered. 

Battle of Yorktown

Phrases

100

James Otis is famous for saying this phrase that became a rally cry for the revolution.

"No taxation without representation"

200

"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal" is called the what of the Declaration of Independence

Preamble

300

The unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

400

Patrick Henry is famous for saying these words directed at the British government

"Give me liberty or Give me death!"

500

The Declaration of Independence states that it is the right of the people to do WHAT if the government does not represent them

"It is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"

Extra! Extra!

100

Colonists peacefully resisted British taxes by doing this

Boycott

200

This group met to discuss what to do about the Intolerable Acts.

First Continental Congress

300

The French provided this for the Americans that helped turn the war in their favor. 

Supplies and a navy

400

This ended the American Revolution and gave American territory all the way to the Mississippi River.

Treaty of Paris of 1783

500

Thomas Jefferson took inspiration from this Enlightenment philosopher when writing the declaration.

John Locke