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Friedrich von steuben
Prussian officer who helped train American Soldiers -
Stamp Act
Law passed by parliment to make colonists buy a stamp -
Townshend Acts
Law passed by Parilemt in 1767 that set taxes in imports to the colonies -
Boston Massacre
Conflict between colonists and british soliders in which five colonists were killed -
Boston Tea Party
protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
a series of laws set up by parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British -
Second Continental Congress
The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independence -
Olive Branch Petition
An offer of peace sent by the second continental congress to King George III -
Declaration of Independence
Document that said the United States was an independent nation. A formal document -
Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy -
Saratoga
Battle won by the Amerians in 1777. Turning point of the revolution -
Valley Forge
Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778 -
Yorktown
Battle that gave Americans victory in the war -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty that officially ended the war -
Martial Law
Rule by the military