Revolutionary war Flashcards
Restitution
The restoration of something lost or stolen.
Dominions
Control
Dispute
Disagreement
Creditor
A person or company to whom money is owed.
Provisional
arranged or existing for the present.
Ratification
An official way to confirm something usually by a vote
Compensation
something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering.
Bona fide
Real
Stamp act
Tax that the british government placed in newspapers, books and documents sold in the colonies.
Boston massacre
The killing of five men by British solders on march 5, 1770
Boston tea party
Boston citizens dressed as indians dumped tea into the harbor as a protest against tea taxes.
Paul Rever’s ride
He rode on horseback from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn that the redcoats where coming.
Battle of lexington and Concord
the start of the American Revolutionary war on April 19, 1775.
Battle of bunker hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, just a few months after the start of the American Revolutionary War.
George Washington crosses the Delaware
On December 25, 1776 George Washington crossed the Delaware River into New Jersey in a surprise attack on the British.