american revolution Flashcards
(37 cards)
persuasive pamphlet against the king
common sense
led to massive British debt
French and Indian war
required that all paper goods be taxed
stamp act 1765
the shot heard round the world happened here
Lexington and concord
the cause of the passing of the intolerable acts
Boston tea party 1773
impeded western expansion
proclamation of 1763
tried Americans in British military courts
admiralty courts
firebrands organized to protest the stamp act
some of Liberty formed
first act of taxation passed
sugar act 1764
5 colonists were killed in this confrontation
Boston massacre 1770
the reason the first continental congress met
coercive/ intolerable acts
a loyalist to the crown
Tories
banned all colonial paper money
currency act 1764
economic system that led to war
mercantilism
first acts passed to limit colonial trade
navigation acts
where did the final battle of the American Revolution take place
Yorktown
commander of the continental army
George Washington
firebrand that was the leader of the sons of Liberty from Boston
Samuel Adams
John Adams worked as a farmer and _________ before becoming a politician
lawyer
who wrote common sense and influenced 100s of thousands of people
Paine
where was the bloodiest battle of the war
battle of bunker hill
where did washingtons troops stay during the winter
valley forge
who wrote the first American English dictionary
Noah Webster
where did Burgoyne surrender that caused the French to join the war
saratoga
