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Charles Cornwallis
British army officer, colonial administrator. He is known as one of the best British officers in the American Revolution, -
Treaty of Paris
Formally eneded the French and Indian war. -
Proclamation of 1763
Forbids settlers from settling past the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax by the British Parliment. -
Quartering Acts
2 acts of British Parliment. -
John Adams
Ally in the American Revloution. -
Townshend Acts
Series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britan acts named after Charles Townshend. -
Boston Massacre
British army soldiers killed 5 men and injured 6 others. -
Sons of Liberty
An organization of American Patriots that originated in the pre-independence North American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Non violent political protest where they threw chests of tea into the boston harbour. -
Intolerable Acts
Patriot name of a series of punitive laws passed by the Btirish Parliment. -
1st Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from 12 colonies. -
Benedict Arnold
He was an amazing general in the American army but became a traitor and defected to the British army. -
Paul Revere's Ride
He was the one that warned the people that the British were coming. -
Lexington and Concord
First military engagments in he revolutionary war. -
George Washington
He was the first president and commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. -
Thomas Jefferson
An america founding father, the 3rd president of the united states -
Thomas Paine
He's known as the father of the American Revolution because of his pamphlet Common Sense. -
Abigail Adams
Was the wife of John Adams, the first vice president and the second president. -
Patroit
Colonists that rebelled against the British. -
Declaration of Independence
Statement of congress which announced the 13 colonies were independent states. -
Loyalist
American Colonists that were still loyal to the British. -
Hessians
18th century German auxiliaries contracted for service under The Crown of the British Empire. -
Samuel Adams
He was one of the founding fathers in the united states. -
Battle of Saratoga
Turning point in the war. 2 battles were fought 18 days apart on the same ground. -
Battle of Yorktown
American victory battle which prompted the British to end the conflict. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain. -
Martha Wahsington
Was the wife of George Wahsington.
