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Jude 7th - Ch. 5-7

Towards Independence & American Revolution

TermDefinition
French and Indian War a conflict primarily fought between Britain and France over territory in North America
Ohio River Valley region where France did not want to give up its forts and British colonists wanted to settle in
King George III king of England during the American Revolution
Proclamation of 1763 an imaginary line that Parliament drew that forbid colonists from crossing and moving west; its intention was to prevent further conflicts between the colonists and Native Americans
Stamp Act law that required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used
no taxation without representation phrase that colonists used to convey their frustration at the lack of say in Parliament in Britain, but were forced to follow laws they had no vote in
Quartering Act law which ordered colonists to provide British soldiers with housing
Townshend Acts new laws placed a tax on certain popular goods that the colonies imported from Great Britain; all but one of the laws were later repealed
boycott colonists' response to the Townshend Acts; refused to buy British goods which succeeded in hurting the British economy
Boston Massacare a fight between angry mob of colonists and British soldiers in which shots were fired and several colonists died; colonists over exaggerated the story and blamed the soldiers entirely
John Adams person who defended the British soldiers in court from the Boston Massacre and won
Samuel Adams leader of the Sons of Liberty
Boston Tea Party members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Natives, boarded British ships carrying tea in the middle of the night, and dumped 342 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act
Intolerable Acts Parliament passed a series of harsh laws to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies gathered to discuss what to do about increasing oppressive British rule over the colonies; resulted in establishing a Continental Army
minutemen local volunteers who established militias who were ready at a minute's notice to fight the British
George Washington commander in chief of the Continental Army
independence freedom from control by another government or country
patriot people who were in favor of independence
loyalist people who wished to remain loyal to the king
tory nickname of loyalists
neutrals people who could not choose one side between patriots and loyalists
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence the document written to declare the American colonies an independent nation, free from British rule
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness unalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776 date in which the Declaration of Independence was signed
American Revolution the struggle of the colonies in North America to gain their independence from Great Britain
Continental Army American army during the American Revolution
Delaware River river that Washington and his men crossed Christmas night 1776 and successfully launched a surprise attack on a British Hessian camp
Valley Forge location of Washington's camp during the harsh winter of 1777
shot heard around the world event that began the American Revolution
Battle of Yorktown last battle of the American Revolution that resulted in an American victory and a British final surrender
Canada country where British loyalists fled to after the Americans won the war
French Revolution event inspired by the Americans' victory and independence over the British
France European country that came to aid the American colonists in their fight against the British
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