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Set the western
colonial boundary at
the Appalachian
Mountains
Proclamation
Of 1763
Principle that
favored Great
Britain’s
economy over
the colonies
mercantilism
1764 tax on
molasses and rum
Sugar Act
James Otis’
response to British
taxation of the
colonies
“Taxation
without
representation
is tyranny”
Great Britain’s
legislature
Parliament
What did the 1765
Stamp Act tax?
Documents,
publications,
and paper
products
Act that inspired
rd
the 3 Amendment
Quartering
Act
Taxes on lead,
paints, glass,
and tea
Townshend
Acts
March 5, 1770 …
Boston
Massacre
Purpose of the
1774 Intolerable
Acts
Punish MA for
the Boston Tea
Party
Nickname for the
New England militia
Minutemen
Name one reason
that British troops
were marching to
Concord on April
19, 1775
1. Seize colonists’
weapons
2. Arrest John
Hancock
“Shot heard
‘round the
world”
Battle of
Lexington
and Concord
What elected body
established the
Continental Army?
nd
2
Continental
Congress
In what document
did the signers
“dedicate their
lives, their
fortunes, and their
sacred honor”?
Declaration of
Independence
1777 battle that was
the turning point in
the Revolution
Battle of
Saratoga
Name 2 European
allies of the
Americans against
Great Britain
France and
Spain
Continental
Army’s camp
during winter
of 1777-78
Valley Forge
Last battle of
the American
Revolution
Battle of
Yorktown
Name at least
three terms of the
1783 Treaty of
Paris
1. American independence
2. Payment of debts
3. Set U.S. boundaries
4. U.S. fishing rights off
Canada
5. Return loyalist property
Commander of the
Continental Army
George
Washington
First to die in the
Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
“Give me liberty,
or give me Death!”
Patrick
Henry
Albany Plan,
Committee of
Five, represented
U.S. in France
during the
Revolution
Benjamin
Franklin
Asked her husband
to “Remember the
Ladies” in the new
government
Abigail
Adams
Governor of
Louisiana who aided
the American side
Bernardo de
Galvez
African-American
patriot who fought
at Saratoga
Wentworth
Cheswell
English
immigrant to
U.S., wrote
Common Sense
and The Crisis
Thomas Paine
British general who
was defeated at
Battle of Yorktown
Lord Charles
Cornwallis
Polish Jewish
immigrant who
helped finance the
Continental
Congress
Haym
Salomon
Founding
member of the
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Referred to as
“He” and “a
Prince” in
Declaration of
Independence
King George
III
Defeated
British ship
Serapis,
“Father of the
U.S. Navy”
John Paul Jones
Wrote that people
have “unalienable
rights” to “life,
liberty, and the
pursuit of
happiness”
Thomas
Jefferson
French noble
who used his
wealth to fund
American army
Marquis de
Lafayette
Patriot writer,
friend of Abigail
Adams
Mercy Otis
Warren
Defended Boston
Massacre troops,
member of
Committee of
Five
John Adams
African-American
slave who spied
on the British for
Washington
James
Armistead
Prussian officer
who trained
Continental
Army at Valley
Forge
Baron von
Steuben
Midnight rider
who alerted
militia at
Lexington
Paul Revere
Colonists who
supported
American
independence
Patriots, a.k.a.
“Yankees”
Fighting on
home ground –
knew the land
American
advantage
Colonists’ last
attempt at
peace with
Great Britain
Olive Branch
Petition
Hit-and-run
tactics,
camouflage,
shooting from
cover, etc.
guerrilla war
Reason many
southern colonists
remained loyal to
Great Britain or
neutral
Great Britain
paid for crops
with gold
Commanders
were too
cautious and
unaggressive
British
disadvantage
Large, welltrained army
with fighting
experience
British
advantage
Commander of
British troops
at Boston
Massacre
Capt. Thomas
Preston
Short
enlistments –
struggled to
keep army in the
field
American
disadvantage
Colonists who
supported
Great Britain
Loyalists, a.k.a.
“Tories”