| A | B |
|---|
| writs of assistance | blank search warrants |
| Sons of Liberty | secret society of men protesting British acts |
| Stamp Act | required stamp to be purchased for certain items to show that tax had been paid |
| Townshend Acts | taxed glass, paper, paint, tea |
| Boston Massacre | kids tease British troops which leads to five deaths |
| Committee of Correspondance | Sam Adam's organization to maintain communication throughout colonies |
| Boston Tea Party | colonist reaction to Tea Act of 1773 |
| Intolerable Acts | British punishment for Tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | 1774 meeting that resulted in the Minutemen Army |
| Lexington and Concord | 1775-Battles referred to as "the shot heard around the world." |
| Dr. Joseph Warren | Patriot spy |
| Midnight Riders | Paul Revere, William Dawes |
| "Give me liberty or give me death." | Patrick Henry |
| Olive Branch Petition | Colonist attempt at peace |
| Mercenaries | Hessian paid soldiers/fought for Britain |
| Declaration of Independence | Written by Thomas Jefferson |
| Believed in social contract | John Locke |
| Natural rights of man | God given rights suggested by John Locke |
| Right to property | Belief of John Locke |
| Patriots | Against British |
| Tories | Loyal to British/loyalists |
| Caused British taxation in the first place | Debt from French and Indian War |
| French and Indian was | aka The Seven Year War |
| Neutrals | avoided conflict |
| Amount of Patriots | 2/5 |
| Amount of Tories | 1/5 |
| Amount of Neutrals | 2/5 |
| Patriots found mostly in | Virginia/New England |
| Tories found mostly in | Carolinas/New York |
| Most neutrals were | Quakers or Middle Colonists |
| Battles of Manhattan/Long Island | Lost by Washington |
| Battle of Trenton | Washington wins and captures Hessians and war supplies |
| Battle of Philadelphia | Waged byBrit General Howe against orders |
| Battle of Bennington | Contintental troops weaken Burgoyne's troops |
| Battle of Saratoga | Won by Continental Army/caused French to join our cause |
| Continental Commander of the South | Nathanial Green |
| Battle of Yorktown | Last battle, won by Americans and French |
| Baron Von Steuben | German who trained Americans |
| Layfayette | Favorite French officer of the Continental Army |
| War Ended | 1781 |
| Treaty of Paris | Recognized American Independence in 1783 |
| Blacks | Fought for both sides, mainly for the British |
| Women | served as spies and nurses |
| Indians | usually fought for the British-exception, the Cherokee who joined Greene in the South |
| Proclamation of 1763 | forbade settlement in Ohio region |
| Bunker Hill | Moral victory for Patriots |
| John Adams | Nominated Washington for Commander of the Army |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense/Crisis |
| Alliance that helped win the war | French |
| Tactic that helped win the war | Guerilla warfare |
| The Declaration of Independence stated | reasons for wanting to separate from Britain, a list of grievances, and a philosohpy based on Lockes ideas of natural rights |
