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Treaty of Paris
A treaty between the French and the British, which did not include the Native Americans and had harsh standards towards the French. -
Proclomation of 1763
An agreement that colonies couldn't go past the Appalachain Mountains. -
Quartering Act
This act stated that all American colonies would house and feed soldiers who need it. -
Stamp Act
The British put a tax on stamps which were required on every document. -
Townshend Acts
Taxes were put on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a group of British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
After three ships loaded with tea entered the harbor, a group of townspeople stormed the ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water Disguised as Native Americans, the offenders could not be identified. -
sons of liberty
A group of people from Boston and New York who organized and carried out the Boston Tea Party. -
Intolerable Acts
British parliament repealed the Townshend duties except for the one on tea. -
Thomas Paine
He was the author of the document "common sense" which leaded to the Declaration of Independence. -
First Continental Congress
There were elected delegates from every colony except Georgia, who intended to present authority towards Britan. -
Paul Revere
He was instructed by Dr. Joseph Warren to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the movements of the British Army. -
Sam Adams
He was an American Statesman, a Political Philosopher, and one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. -
Lexington and Concord
It was the "shot heard round the world", the British atempted to capture colonial leaders, Sam Adams and John Hancock, then seize gunpowder at Concord. -
loyalists
Loyalists were people in the colonies who were loyal to the British parliment. -
Patriots
The people who supported the revolution. -
Hessians
They were British soldiers, often referred to as "soldiers of fortune". -
Benedict Arnold
He was an American general who switched from the American side to the Brititsh side. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence stated that the colonies were seperate and independent from Britan. -
the Battle of Saratoga
A battle between Burgoyne and American General Gates. Burgoyne loses the second battle then latter surrenders to American General Gates. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle of the Revolutionary War and dasted 20 days. -
Lord Cornwallis
He was a British military commander and colonial governor abd one of the leading British generals in the American Revolutionary War. -
George Washington
A Virginia polititian and the first president of the United States. He led the colonies through the French and Indian war as well as the American Revolutionary war. -
Martha Custis Washington
George Washington's wife. -
John Adams
Became the second president of the United States. -
Abigail Adams
The wife of John Adams. -
Thomas Jefferson
The third president of the United States and the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.