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triangular trade trade between Africa, west indies, and America; provided needed supplies for each area: goods and slaves
Great Awakening religious sermons; John Edwards and George Whitfield made the colonies want political equality.
The French and Indian War a war between the British and French from 1754 to 1763.
Proclamation Declared the boundaries of settlement for inhabitants of the 13 colonies.
Samuel Adams He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Boycott To a means of intimidation or coercion, to show they don’t care.
Stamp Act An act for granting and applying certain duties, and other duties.
repeal to revoke or withdraw formally or officially
Townshend Acts Laws passed by the Parliament relating to the British colonies.
Boston Massacre An incident on March 5, 1770, in which British redcoats killed five civilian men.
Boston Tea party A direct action by colonists in Boston against the British that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies.
Sons of Liberty A political group made up of American patriots in North American British colonies.
Intolerable Acts laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774.
First Continental Congress Delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, early in the American Revolution.
Battle of Lexington-Concord the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Minutemen A group of American men in the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service.
Second Continental Congress A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.
Battle of Bunker Hill Took place on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War.
Common Sense Written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Became an immediate success.
Thomas Jefferson The principal author of the Declaration of Independence ; the third President of the United States.
Declaration of Independence A statement by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, that said the thirteen American colonies, Great Britain was no longer a part of them.
Patriots Those who supported the cause of North American independence in the American Revolution.
loyalists Someone who maintains loyalty to an established government. they were loyal to Great Britain
people "left out" of the Declaration of Independence Slaves and women
who fought in the American Revolution Eastern North America, Central America, French, Dutch, and English colonial
advantages and disadvantages of British and colonial force the British were very far away from their homeland, but they had a massive army. the English had little but were dependent and were fighting for a reason, while the British were only paid to fight .
Battle of Trenton December 26, 1776; American Revolutionary War; after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey.
Battle of Saratoga decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American Revolutionary War and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war.
Battle of Yorktown Was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
Treaty of Paris signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other.
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