American Revolution Flashcards
Sam Adams
Leader of the ‘Sons of Liberty’
very good at propoganda
Proclamation Line 1763
a boundary set by the British government that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
one of two things that angered the colonists since it took land from them
Stamp Act
1765
taxed legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, and other paper goods in the American colonies
first direct tax
illegal
one of two things that angered the colonists
Intolerable Acts
1774
direct response to the Boston Tea Party
placed MA under martial law
included closing Boston’s port, replacing the elective local government with an appointive one and increased the powers of the military governor, allowing British officials charged with capital offenses to be tried in another colony or in England, and permitting the requisition of unoccupied buildings to house British troops.
was supposed to “shock + awe” the colonists- was ineffective and caused them to band together
Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773
members of the Sons of Liberty dumped over 1 million dollars of today’s money worth of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea (the Townshend Act)
Committee of Correspondence
anti British propaganda network
took 3 days to get from Boston to Savannah
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
considered
passed by the Stamp Act Congress
claimed that American colonists were equal to all other British citizens, protested taxation without representation, and stated that, without colonial representation in Parliament, Parliament could not tax colonists
Battles of Lexington and Concord
kicked off the Revolutionary war
could’ve been in holliston
British went to destroy the military stores hidden in Concord
American Victory
Declaration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson along with other people
announced the separation of 13 North American colonies from Great Britain
French and Indian War
final for 4 wars between France and Britain
results France being kicked out of what is now USA, India,
set the stage for revenge in the revolutionary war
Olive Branch Petition
last attempt at peace between colonists and Britain
unofficially- document designed to embarrass the loyalists
britain responds by declaring all colonists to be rebels (even loyalists)
Patrick Henry
founder of sons of liberty enrichment
drafted Suffolk resolves
on and off delegate to Continental Congress before he is elected to be the governor of virginia
MA delegation and Virginia coordinate to push for Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
delegate to 1st and 2nd Continental congress
one of writers of the declaration of independence (edits)
voted to go to France to facilitate french support
writs of assistance
law passed to
enabled customs officials to go aboard ships to look for contraband, smugglers,
allowed to go into private houses, buildings, etc.
became a fuel for propaganda
Common Sense / American Crisis
Common Sense- 2nd most sold book behind the Bible-> 500,000 copies sold in the first year-> propaganda piece to convince people that the patriot cause was right
American Crisis- used to recruit people to keep believing in the patriot cause
George Washington
spy master
identified talent
understood the importance of the army staying intact all the time
wanted the continentals (not militia)
Battle of Saratoga/Treaty of Alliance
Americans beat british
caused french to realize that they had the potential to defeat the british
Battle of Yorktown/Treaty of Paris
won the war for the americans
Britain and colonies signed a Treaty to officially end the war
