revolutionary was Flashcards
who was sam adam
popular resentment against Parliament’s authority to tax the colonies productively.
Committees of Correspondence
a way for colonial legislatures to communicate with their agents
Stamp Act of 1765
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp
Boston Massacre
a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, aka people throwing things at British soldiers
tea act
where the tea got taxed and this violated the constitutional principle of self-government by consent because they could not afford the tax
Boston Tea Party
The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Intolerable Acts
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
Quartering Act
stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses.
First Continental Congress
colonial legislatures empowered delegates to attend a Continental Congress which would set terms for a boycott.
Second Continental Congress
was the group of leaders who worked to create the Declaration of Independence.
patriots
People who fought and worked for the independence of the 13 colonies
Loyalists
colonist that were loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
minutemen
a small hand-picked elite force which were required to be highly mobile and able to assemble quickly.
red coats
a British soldier
Continental army
the patriots’ army
George Washington
Commander of the Continental Army,
Battle of Bunker Hill
the bloodiest battle in the Revolutionary War and at the end showed that the patriots could hold a good fight against the Britain
common sense
a 27 page panflit filled with strong language against the king
Thomas Paine
wrote common sense and started the Revolutionary War
Declaration of Independence
states what the governor can do and can’t do to its people and what rights we have
Thomas Jefferson
the author of the Declaration of Independence
Haym Salomon
he was a financier for the Revolutionary War
mercenaries
hired professional soldier who fights for any state or nation without regard to political interests or issues.or people who fought for money, not for any other reason
Battle of Trenton
the city was the site of George Washington’s first military victory and a surprise attack
Battle of Saratoga
the turning point in battle
Marquis de Lafayette
military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army,
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
major general of continental army
Bernardo de Galvez
Spanish military leader and government official who served and fought
John Paul Jones,
victory over British ships of war off the east coast of England
George Rogers Clark
helped secure territory for American nation
Francis Marion
Known for his cunning and resourcefulness and know as swamp fox
James Armistead
slave on the run told American British plans and told brtiish false American plans
Comte de Rochambeau
sent French to help the American rebellion against Great Britain
Battle of Yorktown
British surrender and America wins the battle
Treaty of Paris of 1783
independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory. and ended war
