| A | B |
|---|
| French and Indian War | led to Britain being in debt; debt led to taxing the colonies |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Issued by the British to appease the Indians after French and Indian War; limited where colonists could settle |
| Stamp Act | Taxed paper goods; revoked after colonists protested |
| Townshend Acts | Taxed colonists; led to protests that resulted in Boston Masssacre |
| Boston Massacre | British troops responded to colonists' protests by firing into crowd |
| Crispus Attucks | sailor who was killed during Boston Massacre |
| Tea Tax | provoked the colonists into boycotting purchasing tea and halting trade with the British |
| Boston Tea Party | led by the Sons of Liberty in response to tea tax |
| Sons of Liberty | a group of extreme Patriots |
| Loyalists | colonists who were still loyal to the King |
| Patriots | colonists who wanted to break away from the King |
| Intolerable Acts | Punishment for the Boston Tea Party |
| quartering of soldiers | One of the Intolerable Acts; allowed Redcoats to take over people homes and stay |
| closing of the Boston harbor | One of the Intolerable Acts; meant to shut down Boston's ability to trade |
| removal of the Massachusetts governor | One of the Intolerable Acts; removed the elected leader of Mass. and replaced him with a British leader who would be in charge of the colony |
| shutting down of representative assembly | One of the Intolerable Acts; closed the elected legislature of Boston |
| First Continental Congress | convened to discuss colonial reaction to the Intolerable Acts |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | first battle of American Revolution; shot heard around the world |
| Second Continental Congress | resulted in DOI being issued |
| Unalienable Rights | Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness |
| Grievances | Things the King did that hurt the colonists |
| Battle of Saratoga | First MAJOR victory for colonists over the British |
| France | Came to the aid of the colonists during the American Revolution |
| Articles of Confederation | First attempt at a constitution for the United States |
| Legislative branch only; each state sovereign | Weaknesses of the AOC |
| Winter at Valley Forge | Time during the American Revolution where the Continental army barely survived - aid from France and others helped them survive |
| Battle of Yorktown | Final major battle of American Revolution - VICTORY for CONTINENTAL ARMY |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | Agreement that ended the American Revolution |
| Shays' Rebellion | Showed the weakness of the AOC; led by farmers |
| Continental Army | the army made up of colonists, militia, minutemen, etc |
| Redcoats | the British army |
