american revolution Flashcards
persuasive pamphlet against the king
common sense
led to massive British debt
French and Indian war
required that all paper goods be taxed
stamp act 1765
the shot heard round the world happened here
Lexington and concord
the cause of the passing of the intolerable acts
Boston tea party 1773
impeded western expansion
proclamation of 1763
tried Americans in British military courts
admiralty courts
firebrands organized to protest the stamp act
some of Liberty formed
first act of taxation passed
sugar act 1764
5 colonists were killed in this confrontation
Boston massacre 1770
the reason the first continental congress met
coercive/ intolerable acts
a loyalist to the crown
Tories
banned all colonial paper money
currency act 1764
economic system that led to war
mercantilism
first acts passed to limit colonial trade
navigation acts
where did the final battle of the American Revolution take place
Yorktown
commander of the continental army
George Washington
firebrand that was the leader of the sons of Liberty from Boston
Samuel Adams
John Adams worked as a farmer and _________ before becoming a politician
lawyer
who wrote common sense and influenced 100s of thousands of people
Paine
where was the bloodiest battle of the war
battle of bunker hill
where did washingtons troops stay during the winter
valley forge
who wrote the first American English dictionary
Noah Webster
where did Burgoyne surrender that caused the French to join the war
saratoga
what battle convinced southern farmers to fight
battle of kings mountain
after reading the declaration what statues were torn down in New York
King George III
who was the first casualty during the American Revolution
crispus Attucks
what was signed on September 3rd 1783 that ended the war
treaty of Paris
who freedom using the Massachusetts constitution
Elizabeth freeman
Charles Wilson Peale is best known for his portraits of what
George Washington
not in favor of declaring independence
John Dickinson
who said “I have not yet begun to fight
John Paul jones
leader of the French forces in America
Lafayette
who led a British force over 32000 at New York
William Howe
who was beaten with a cane, went insane, and died of a lightning strike
James Otis
engraver and propagandist
Paul revere
British ship seized and burned
gaspee affair 1772
