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American Revolution

4th grade Unit 6

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French and Indian War 1756-1763; a war between Britain and France over land in the colonies and won by the British; also called the Seven Years' War; it was very expensive and the British needed to raise taxes
Proclamation of 1763 1763; an order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Stamp Act 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
Townshed Acts 1767; law passed by British Parliament that taxed leads, glass, paint and tea
Boston Massacre 1770; British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them, killing 5.
Tea Act 1773; act which forced colonists to buy tea from the British East India Company and led to the Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party 1773; Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships, and threw crates of tea into Boston Harbor
Coercive Acts 1774; forced the people to obey the laws and called the "Intolerable" acts by colonists
Quartering Act 1774; a Coercive Act that required colonists to house and quarter (feed) British troops on demand
First Continential Congress 1774; a group of colonial delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss the grievances (or complaints) against Britain's rule
Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775; local militiamen clashed with British soldiers; called the "shot heard round the world" and started the Revolutionary War
Second Continental Congress 1775; delegates met in Philadelphia and voted to form a Continental Army with George Washington as its Commander in Chief
Battle of Bunker Hill 1775; the first major battle of the American Revolution; Colonial militias set up on this hill; fired upon Redcoats when they ran up the mountain; the colonists lost but it gave them confidence they could fight against the King's army
Declaration of Independence 1776; adopted on July 4th; mostly written by Thomas Jefferson; included a preamble which spoke of rights, a list of unfair actions by the King, and desire of independence from England.
Articles of Confederation The first Constitution (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Battle of Saratoga 1777; Turning point of the American Revolution. It convinced the French to give the U.S. military support by showing the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain.
Valley Forge 1778; fort where Washington's troops camped for the winter in very harsh conditions and benefited from the training of military officer Baron von Steuben (sent by the French)
Battle of Yorktown 1781; American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender
Treaty of Paris 1783; peace agreement that officially ended the revolutionary war and established Britain's formal recognition of the US
King George III King of England during the American Revolution
George Washington 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd president
Patriot American colonist who favored American independence
Red Coats British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution
Loyalist American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
Minutemen Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in minutes
Paul Revere Boston silversmith who rode into the countryside to spread news of British troop movement.
Benedict Arnold Brilliant Patriot General who eventually defected to the British side. This was a huge blow to the morale of the colonists.
 



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