Chapter 5 Flashcards
STAMP ACT
November 1765. Direct tax to colonists. Had to pay in silver due to silver shortage in England. Repealed the next year. No one wanted to collect the tax due to threats
VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION
SUGAR ACT
“No taxation without representation”
COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE
SONS OF LIBERTY
REGULATORS
TOWNSHEND ACTS
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
BOSTON MASSACRE
CRISPUS ATTUCKS
Slave who died during the Boston Massacre
BOSTON TEA PARTY
(December 1773) Group of colonists in protest of the Tea Act dressed as Natives, snuck on docked boats. Dumped hundreds of chests of tea into Boston Harbor. Today worth more than 4 million dollars.
INTOLERABLE ACTS
- Closed port of Boston
- Massachussetts placed under martial law
- Gave British soldiers immunity in local courts
- The Quartering Act
- The Quebec Act
Also called the Coercive Acts
(Spring 1774)
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
56 delegates from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss convincing British Parliament to return to Salutary Neglect. Rich educated men wanted reconciliation with England and all coercive acts repealed
September 5th 1774 - October 26th 1774
BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
The first military engagement of the American Revolution. 250 british soldiers and 90 colonists died. This was considered treason and an Act of War.
April 19th 1775
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
CONTINENTAL ARMY
George Washington led the Continental Army. Used knowledge of history and war strategy to direct soldiers in “The Strategic Retreat”. Goal was to keep army alive
December 1776
LORD DUNMORE’S PROCLAMATION
Virginia Royal Governor offers freedom to any enslaved man who would join the British Army. Colonists shocked their own slaves were being rallied to kill them.
August 1775 - December 1775
Common Sense
Essay by Thomas Paine. Document written in a simple style that everyone could understand. Condemned the british monarchy and urged Americans to declare independence. Convinced colonists to declare independence.
clear, incendiary language
January 1776
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
A list of grievances against the Tyrant King George III. Primarily written by Thomas Jefferson. Creation of 13 independent nations: a commonwealth.
July 4th 1776
BATTLE OF SARATOGA
First major American victory over the British Army. This success convinced France to join the war and form an allyship militarily and economically.
September 19th - October 17th
JOSEPH AND MOLLY BRANT
PAYA MATAHA
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
American and French forces trap British Army. French provided artillery, soldiers, ships. Cut off British sea supplies and cut off ability to escape. General Cornwallis surrenders 1/4 of British Army soldiers.
August 1781 - October 17 1781
TREATY OF PARIS
British finally recognized United States independence. Boundaries set out towards the Mississippi River. Promise to treat Loyalists well.
September 3rd 1783
