British Policies
Put British troops in private homes.
What was the Quartering Act?
Percentage of Loyalists in the colonies
What is 40-45%?
Length of time that would pass between Yorktown and signing of the Treaty of Paris.
What is two year?
This time period stressed human reason and science
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
Used to enforce the Proclamation of 1763
What was British troops
Taxed lead, paint, and glass
Length of enlistment for Washington's troops
What was one year?
What is the Mississippi River?
Number of complaints listed in the document.
What is 27?
Legislation that taxed playing cards and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
Started Britain taxing the colonists
What is the French and Indian War?
Often lived in large cities
Who were Loyalists?
Represented the U.S. at the treaty talks
Who were Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams?
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson
Who were the writes of the Declaration of Independence?
legal document used by British officers to look for smuggled or illegal goods.
What is a writ of assistance?
Act that taxed wine
What was the Sugar Act?
Besides regular soldiers they were used by Britain to fight the colonists
Who were German mercenaries, called Hessians?
Two P's that helped win the war?
What is patience and perseverance?
The philosopher who challenged the established idea that kings were ordained by God to rule.
Who was John Locke?
Had exclusive tea selling rights due to the Tea Act of 1773.
What was the East India Tea Company?
Country from which smuggled tea arrived for the colonists
Who were the Dutch?
The turning point of the war as it was the first time an entire British army had surrendered to the colonists
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Unheard of before the Revolutionary War, they joined the cause when battles were fought in their area.
Who were civilians?
Three natural rights
What are Life, Liberty, and Property?
They favored the East India Tea Company
Who was Parliament?