Question | Answer |
Proclamation of 1763 | British Law designed to keep in check the Colonists ambitions |
Battle of Saratoga | Colonist soldiers defeated British, showed French that American Colonists could fight French joined the colonies against British |
Stamp Act | British tax on all colonial printed materials |
Colonists' representation | not represented in British Parliament |
Sons of Liberty | Stamp Act upset colonial merchants, artisans, lawyers so they formed a club that explored breaking from England |
Samuel Adams | Leader of Sons of Liberty up in Boston |
Townshend Act | Another tax from Britain on the colonies. This one on tea |
Quartering Act | law that stated the responsibility of the colonists to provide life's essentials to British forces |
Intolerable Acts | British acts put on colonists mostly in Boston. They banned public meetings and closed ports. |
Tea Act | 1773, caused price of tea to drop |
George Washington | chosen by continental congress to lead the Continental Army |
Olive Branch Petition | final effort to reach agreement with King George in hopes of avoiding open hostilities |
Common Sense | early example of American propaganda. A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that explained benefits of independence |
Declaration of Independence | written by Thomas Jefferson trying to unite colonial support for independence |
Battle at Trenton | Washington led across icy Delaware and defeated forced loyal to Britain |
Yorktown | final battle of Revolutionary War, the British surrendered |