AR Flashcards
Mercantilism
The trading system in which the mother country benefits, colonists were mad because they had to pay taxes on most items.
Albany Plan of the Union
(1754) When the colonists started building alliances with other countries.
Proclamation of 1763
A law that didn’t allow colonists to go past the Appalachian Mountains.
Sugar Act
(1764)law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies
Tea act
Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - weakened colonial tea merchants jobs; led to the Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
When colonists started insulting and hurting red coats. The red coats fired and killed 5 colonists. Crispus Attucks was the first one killed.
Boston Tea Party
When American colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded 3 merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea ($1.7m) into the water.
Intolerable Acts
in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troops in barns and empty houses
Olive Branch petition
A petition to the king declaring peace. King George ignored it.
What was the #1 cause of the American Revolution?
colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during the French and Indian War
What were the 2 major outcomes of the Second Continental Congress
Appointed George Washington as commander of the Continental Army, and formally adopted the Declaration of Independence, making the colonies free from England.
Lexington & Concord
First battle that the shot was heard round the world.
Saratoga
The turning point, the French joined.
Valley Forge
The American army went under training and got stronger, many people died from diseases
Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendered and ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris 1783
A treaty signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783. It ended the American Revolutionary War.
George Washington
Commander of continental army
Patrick Henry
Give speech saying, “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Mercy Otis Warren
Wrote many plays and poems against British. First woman historian. Helped start the committee of correspondence.
Thomas Paine
Author of Common Sense which said colonists should get independence from Britain.
Abigail Adams
Wife of John Adams. She wrote letters during the American revolution. Requested John Adams to “remember the ladies”
Marquis de Lafayette
French soldier inspired to come and fight by the Declaration of independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776
James Armistead
Was a spy pretending to be a runaway slave that gave Washington many British war secrets.
