Semester Exam Review
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| 107739069 | Proclamation Line | Line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains which restricted the westward movement of the colonists. | |
| 107739070 | Sugar Act | Tax on sugar, molasses and coffee. The tax signaled the end of salutary neglect. | |
| 107739071 | Stamp Act | Tax on all printed materials. This was a direct tax that went to Parliament. It caused open rebellion by the colonists. (no taxation without representation) | |
| 107739072 | Quartering Act | Required the colonists provide room and board for British soldiers living in the colonies. | |
| 107739073 | Sons of Liberty | Secret organization led by Sam Adams. Used violence to protest British taxation. Other members were Paul Revere and John Hancock. | |
| 107739074 | Stamp Act Congress | Representatives from the colonies who oppose British taxation by boycotting British goods. They were successful in getting the Stamp Act repealed. | |
| 107739075 | Townshend Acts | Series of import duties/taxes on coffee, paint, paper, lead and tea. | |
| 107739076 | Boston Massacre | Conflict between British soldiers and the citizens of Boston which leads to the death of 7 people including Crispus Attucks, the first black man to die for American independence. | |
| 107739077 | Tea Act | which granted a monopoly on the sale of tea in the colonies to the British East India Company. Opposed by the colonies and the Sons of Liberty. It was seen as a trick to make the colonists pay the tax on tea. | |
| 107739078 | Boston Tea Party | Members of the Sons of Liberty disguise themselves and dump 342 chests of tea off the tea ships into Boston harbor | |
| 107739079 | Coercive / Intolerable Acts | Laws passed by Parliament designed to punish the citizens of Boston, Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. | |
| 107739080 | First Continental Congress | Meeting of delegates from the colonies to discuss support for the people of Boston and to encourage each colonies to form militias for protection against the British | |
| 107739081 | King George III | Ruler of England at the time of the American Revolution | |
| 107739082 | Patrick Henry | Supporter of the Revolution- "Give me liberty or give me death!" | |
| 107739083 | Lexington and Concord | First shots of the American Revolution- "The shots heard round the world!" | |
| 107739084 | Paul Revere | One of three alarm riders who tried to warn the people of Concord that the British were one their way Also created the engraving that depicted the Boston Massacre | |
| 107739085 | Bunker Hill/ Breed's Hill | First battle of the American Revolution. American lost when they ran out of ammunition. "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" | |
| 107739086 | Patriot | Person who supported American independence | |
| 107739087 | Loyalist | Person who supported the King | |
| 107739088 | Thomas Paine | Author of "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis" | |
| 107739089 | Second Continental Congress | Meeting of delegates from the 13 colonies who met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. First they attempted to make peace with England and when this failed, they declared independence. President of the Congress was John Hancock, the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence. | |
| 107739090 | Declaration of Independence | Year written- 1776 Author- Thomas Jefferson (with help from John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston) "Inalienable rights"- Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness "Consent of the governed"- governments get their power from the people | |
| 107739091 | Saratoga | Turning point of the American Revolution. This American victory convinced the French to sign a treaty of alliance with the United States and lend support. | |
| 107739092 | Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boys, a band of sharp shooters from Vermont | |
| 107739093 | Benedict Arnold | Former hero of the American Revolution who committed treason when he tried to betray his country be selling the British plans to capture the garrison at West Point | |
| 107739094 | George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army | |
| 107739095 | Marquis de Lafayette | 19 year old French officer who came to America to support the cause of independence | |
| 107739096 | John Paul Jones | Won important victories at sea. Father of the U.S. Navy "I have not yet begun to fight!" | |
| 107739097 | Valley Forge | Winter George Washington spent with his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The hardships endured by the troops are an example of American patriotism and courage. | |
| 107739098 | Hessians | German mercenary soldiers- Defeated by Washington at Trenton, New Jersey | |
| 107739099 | Yorktown | Final battle of the American Revolution. Occurred in Yorktown, Virginia. With the help of the French army and navy, George Washington trapped Lord Cornwallis on a peninsula and forced him to surrender. | |
| 107739100 | Treaty of Paris | Year Signed- 1783 Granted American independence Set boundaries for the new United States ( north- Great Lakes, south- Northern Florida, west- Mississippi River) |
