Revolution Flashcards
1
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Proclamation of 1763
A
1763
law that prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts
2
Q
Stamp Act
A
1765
British Act that taxed all printed material in the colonies
3
Q
Boston Massacre
A
1770
First civilians killed by British soldiers
4
Q
Boston Tea Party
A
1773
colonists protest Tea Act by dumping tea in Boston Harbor
Civil disobedience
5
Q
Lexington & Concord
A
1775
beginning of the American Revolution
“shot heard round the world”
6
Q
Declaration of Independence
A
1776
document written by Thomas Jefferson that listed grievances against the British
7
Q
Valley Forge
A
1777-1778
winter time suffering of Washington’s troops during Revolutionary War
8
Q
Yorktown
A
1781
last major battle of the American Revolution
9
Q
Treaty of Paris
A
1783
ended Revolutionary War
