history Flashcards
Paul Revere
American patriot; took part in the Boston Tea Party and famously already ed the Lexington Minutemen about the approach of the British in 1775
the proclamation of 1763
Couldn’t pass the Appalachian Mountains
Battle of Concord and Lexington
Started the American Revolutionary war. Brutish troops match from Boston to nearby concord. Lexington started. British surrendered.
Crispus Attucks
Black man. Became the 1st casualty of the American Revolution when he was killed during the Boston Massacre .- abolitionist movement
Boston Massacre
The killing of 5 colonist by British regulars on march 1770.
Bc royal troops 1st appeared in Massachusetts to enforce heavy tax burden
Continental congress
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Patrick Henry
Lawyer. Became the leader of House of Burgesses. Proposed the Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions. Governor of Virginia “give me liberty or give me death”
Declaration of Independence
Document stated the freedom from Great Britain