Unit 2 - PACE 8 - French and Indian War, Cause & Events of Revolutionary War

French and Indian War

1754-1763

• British vs. French & Indians to get Ohio River Valley

• Treaty of Paris (1763) officially ended the war

• British in BIG DEBT

Proclamation Line of 1763

Forbade colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains

Sugar Act of 1764

tax on sugar

Stamp Act of 1765

tax on paper products and legal documents

Quartering Act of 1765

soldiers allowed to stay in colonist homes

Boston Massacre (1770)

5 civilians were killed by British soldiers

Townshend Acts of 1770

tax on glass, paper, lead, silk, and tea

Tea Act of 1773

tax on tea; only buy tea from British

Boston Tea Party (1774)

colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

Intolerable Acts (1774)

• punishment for Boston Tea Party

• canceled town meetings

• closed Boston Harbor

1st Continental Congress (1774)

• representatives over colonies meet

• created Olive Branch petition (was rejected by King George III)

Wentworth Cheswell

African American Patriot that warned colonists that British were coming

James Armistead

African American spy for Patriots

King George III

King of England during the American Revolution

Abigail Adams

wife of John Adams, spoke up for women's rights

Mercy Otis Warren

female writer that helped convince people to join Patriots

Crispus Attucks

African American that was killed during the Boston Massacre

Bernado de Galvez

Spaniard who protected port of New Orleans

Marquis De Lafayette

French noble who helped Americans during the war

George Washington

commander and chief of continental army

Samuel Adams

Boston Patriot who was leader of Sons of Liberty

Benjamin Franklin

author, inventor, diplomat

Patrick Henry

"Give me liberty or give me death"

Thomas Paine

Author of Common Sense

John Adams

a part of Continental Congress and on Declaration of Independence committee

Haym Solomon

Polish Jew who spied for Patriots and helped fund Patriots

John Paul Jones

Patriot pirate; "father of U.S. navy"

Lexington and Concord

• 1st battle of Revolutionary War

• "shot hear 'round the world"

• Paul Revere made a ride to warn colonists

Declaration of Independence

• document written by Thomas Jefferson

• inspired by John Locke and Montesquieu

• claimed independence from Britain

Saratoga

• turning point of war

• convinced French to help Patriots

Valley Forge

• thousands of troops died due to harsh weather

• trained and got better

Yorktown

• last battle

• French, Spanish, and Patriot troops surround British

• Cornwallis surrendered

Treaty of Paris

• officially ended the war

• 13 colonies free

• got all land up to Mississippi River

Civil Disobedience

refusal to follow laws (nonviolent)

Repeal

to cancel an act or law

Boycott

refusing to buy goods from a specific company

Blockade

using ships to block goods from leaving a harbor

Militia

military force made up of average citizens

Patriot

colonist who wanted freedom from British

Loyalist

loyal to England

Unalienable Rights

rights that could not be taken away by government (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)

Writs of Assistance

legal documents that allowed British soldiers to search places without warrants

Committees of Correspondence

governments created in each colony to organize resistance against British