Facts to Know - II

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Protector of England who established the Navigation Act

Manhattan Island

Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about $24 worth of trinkets

Pennsylvania

Land granted to William Penn

Mason-Dixon Line

Borderline separating Pennsylvania & Maryland

Bacon’s Rebellion

Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized; fought over the governor not expelling Indians from Virginia

The French & Indian War

War between France & England, as named in the American colonies

The Seven Years’ War

War between France & England, as named in Europe

James Wolfe

General who captured Quebec

The Treaty of Paris

Document that signified the end of the French & Indian War

Taxation without representation

One of the chief frustrations of the American colonies

Boston Massacre

Event in a port city during which British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists

Boston Tea Party

Event during which Americans dressed as Indians and protested the excessive tax on a certain commodity controlled by the British government

First Continental Congress

Delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of American colonists

Minutemen

Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice

Paul Revere & William Dawes

Riders sent to warn Charlestown and Lexington of the coming British army

Lexington & Concord

First battles of the Revolutionary War

“The shot heard ‘round the world’”

R. W. Emerson describes the first battle of the Revolution as…

George Washington

Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

Battle of Bunker Hill

Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory

William Prescott

General at Bunker Hill

Five major causes of the Revolutionary War

Boston Massacre, Stamp Act, The Intolerable Acts, Townshend Acts, Trade & Navigation Laws