click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
american revolution
Question | Answer |
---|---|
why did england control trade in the colonies | because england wanted to remain a wrold power |
why did england imposed taxes on the colonists | to pay the french and indiaan war and to help finance britsh soldiers in the colonies |
who made th laws in the coloniets | colonies legislatures |
proclamation of 1763 | restricted colonist from moving west of the appalachian mountains |
england and the colonial were interdependent ( they needed each other) | the colonies send england raw materials , england sent the colonies manufautured goods |
what did colonial governors do | they were appointed by the king to enforce the laws made by the legislatures |
declaration of independence ( july 4 1776 ) | states people have unalienable rights to life , liberty, and punrsuit of happiness. government if it violates thir rights |
Key people | Key people |
thomes jefferson | major author of declaration of independence |
king gorge lll | king of england during the REV. war |
lord cornwallis | british general who surrendered to washingoton at yorktown |
george washington | commander of the conental armey |
patrick henry | out spoken member of house of burgess * give me liberty or give me death* speach |
paul revere | leader of the boston tea party and wanted colonists of the british arrival |
phillis wheatlley | ( slaves ) wrote poems and plays supporting indepndence |
sam adams | leader of boston tea party |
ben franklin | *promint member of the continendental congress * helped frame the DEC. of inependence * helped grain french support for american independence |
Rev war events | Rev war events |
boston massacre | colonists in boston were shot after taunting british soldiers |
boston tea party | sam adams / paul revere led pariots inthrowing tea into boston harber to protest taxes |
first continental congress | delegates from all colonies ( except gorgia ) met to discuss problems with england and promot e indepence |
lexington & concord | first shots fired of the pevolutionary war |
battle of saratoga | this america victory was the turning point battle of thewar france and spain became allies after this battle |
yorktown | cornwallis surrendered to washington |
treaty of paris | england recognized the colonies independence |
colonial advantages | * strong leadership *additional support from france *defense of thir own land principles and beliefs |