US History - Chapter 10 Flashcards
Money that people pay to help run the government
Tax
Person chosen by the people to make decisions for them
Representative
The cruel killing of many people at one time
Massacre
American colonist who wanted America to be free from England’s rule
Patriots
American colonists who remained loyal to England
Loyalists or Tories
King of England at the time of America’s War for Independence
King George III
The unfair tax law made on newspapers,certificates,and other important documents that greatly angered the colonists
Stamp Act
A fight between angry colonists and British soldiers in which five colonists were killed
The Boston Massacre
The black patriot killed during the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
A protest by American colonists who dumped over 300 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor
The Boston Tea Party
A group of men who met before and during the War for Independence to decide what the colonies would do about England’s unfair treatment
Continental Congress
Massachusett’s soldiers who said they could be ready to fight at a minute’s notice
Minutemen
The young patriot who said “…as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
Patrick Henry
Two men who warned the colonists of a British attack. One of these men was a silversmith.
Paul Revere and William Dawes
The towns in Massachusetts where the first battle of the War for Independence took place
Lexington and Concord
Two nicknames for British soldiers
Red coats and lobster-backs
At the second Continental Congress two important decisions were made. These decisions were?
- America must have an organized army
2. George Washington would command this American army
The battle where Americans showed the British that they would not easily be defeated.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The daring American soldier who led the Green Mountain boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
Ethan Allen
This document stated the reasons why American colonists wanted freedom from English rule.
The Declaration of Independence
The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
The president of the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock
The commander in chief of the colonial army; called “the Father of His Country”
George Washington
The brave American spy who gave his life for his country; he was known for saying, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Nathan Hale
The lady said to have stitched together the first American flag.
Betsy Ross
The brave soldier who led his men to capture the British forts in the Northwest Territory for the colonists
George Rogers Clark
The brave sea captain who was one of the first officers of the American navy. He greatly helped our first navy to be successful.
John Paul Jones
The name of John Paul Jones’ ship
Bonhomme Richard
The British ship captured by John Paul Jones
The Serapis
The British general who surrendered to George Washington
General Lord Cornwallis
The American general who fought the British in the Southern Colonies
General Nathanael Greene
The battle in New Jersey where George Washington and his army surprised the Hessians and captured their supplies on Christmas Day
The battle of Trenton
The battle in New York that is known as the turning point of the War for Independence
Battle of Saratoga
George Washington’s army (The Continental Army ) spent a terrible winter here in this valley
Valley Forge
Part of the land given to the Americans by the British in the Treaty of Paris.
The Northwest Territory
The agreement which ended the War for Independence and gave the colonies their independence from England
The Treaty of Paris
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed
July 4, 1776
The place where the British surrendered at the end of the war
Yorktown
How many years did the War for Independence last?
6
When the British asked this famous sea captain to surrender, he replied, “I have not yet begun to fight!”
John Paul Jones
Who are remembered for the midnight ride proclaiming the words “the British are coming! The British are coming!”
Paul Revere and William Dawes
In his famous speech before the battle of New York, this man stated “We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or to die.”
George Washington
