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Battle of the Alamance
May 1771 - North Carolina army suppresses Carolina Regulators' rebellion.
Gaspée Incident
June 1772 - Colonials burn British customs ship Gaspée.
Governor Thomas Hutchinson
Royal Governor of Massachusetts, supporter of Parliament's right to tax.
Committees of Correspondence
Groups exchanging anti-British trade measures information.
Lord North
Prime Minister during Revolutionary War, repealed Townshend Acts.
Tea Act, East India Company
Granted East India Company tea trade monopoly in colonies.
Boston Tea Party
Colonials dump tea in Boston Harbor to protest Tea Act.
Coercive Acts
1774 acts in response to Boston Tea Party, including Boston Port Act.
Quebec Act
1774 Act recognizing Roman Catholicism in Quebec.
Suffolk Resolves
October 1774 agreement nullifying Coercive Acts.
Galloway Plan
First Continental Congress proposal for American parliament.
Continental Association
Enforced non-importation of British goods by colonies.
Lexington and Concord
Start of Revolutionary War, British troops clash with colonial militias.
Paul Revere, William Dawes
Warned militias of British approach before Lexington and Concord battles.
Second Continental Congress
1776 Congress that drafted Declaration of Independence.
George Washington
Commander-in-chief of Continental Army during Revolution.
Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeat at Breed's Hill, early Revolutionary War battle.
Olive Branch Petition
1775 peace offer to Britain rejected, leading to American Prohibitory Act.
Thomas Paine: Common Sense
1776 pamphlet advocating colonial independence.
Natural Rights Philosophy
John Locke's theory of inherent human rights.
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government
Philosophy on government, social contract, and rebellion.
George III
Reigned during American Revolution, King of England.
Richard Henry Lee's Resolution
June 1776 resolution for colonial independence.
Massachusetts goverment act
members of massachusetts assembly would no longer be elected but appointed by the king. Another coercive act
Boston Port act
shut down boston harbor for colonists another coercive act.
Impressent
navy policies for british, captain had authority to kidnap sailors.
Charles Knowles
commodore who impressed 46 men rebellions responded by taking knowles officers hostage.
Samuel Adams
defended rioters
James otis
no taxation without represantation
Sons of Neptune
rebellion against colden for placing stamp act in Fort george.
Charles Townshend
created townshend acts
Private Hugh White
officer being harassed by colonists in boston massacre.
Crispus Atticus
african american slave died during boston massacre.
John Adams
defended the britsh soldiers of the boston massacre in court.
Dartmouth
the name of the ship involved in the boston tea party
thomas hutchinson
would not let the ship sail back to london untill tea was unloaded.
griffins wharf
colonists met before boston tea party
daughters of liberty
women who boycotted british goods
regulator movement
conflicts with regions of carolina
James Somerset
slave ran away was caught and through habeas corpus was declared free.
Somerset desicion
ending of slavery in england due to James somerset
Lord dunmore
granted the freedom for slaves for those who fought for english in revolution
Henry Knox
colonel in continental army took over fort ticonderoga
hessions
german mercanaries
Battle of Saratoga
turning point for colonists
Johnn Jay
congress sent to negotiate peace with benjamin franklin and John Adams
fort necessity
first battle of french indian way defeat for Britain. armies led by george washington for the british
fort duquesne
2/3 of british killed under general edward braddock.
expulsion of the acadians
british took over nova scotia and moved 11000 french acadians
plains of abraham
biggest british victory the british took over quebec
Gaudelupe and Martinique
sugar regions france gained after paris peace treaty
jeffery amherst
refused to give gun powder and guns to natives
Neolin
a native who called for the ways of indians beofre colonists.
Pontiac/Pontiac Rebellion
indian rebbellion against colonist ways
Proclamation Line
no english settlements west of appalachain mountains
George Greenville
created greenville administartion replaced amherst
Paxton Boys
the way to end conflict with inidans is that all must die.
Ethan Allen
inspired by locke and leader of vermont green mountain boys.
toussaint loverture
haiti revolt
simon bolivar
venezuela revolt
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