CP American Revolution Study Guide

Sons of Liberty

a radical group that organized protests against Great Britain; advocated for US independence.

Common Sense

47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence for the colonies.

Lexington

One of the First Battles in the Revolutionary War; fought in 1775 in Massachusetts.

Albany Congress

meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of all 13 colonies.

Mercantilism

system where a nation competes with its rivals to get as much wealth as possible.

French

______ War started a dispute between France and England.

Loyalists

Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War.

Jefferson

wrote a statement about the colonists right to rebel against the British government and establish their own based on the premise that "all men are equal.

Saratoga

1774 Revolutionary War Battle considered to be the turning point in the war because the patriot win convinced the French to ally officially with the United States.

Stamp Act

1765 law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials.

Sam Adams

Leader of the radical group sons of liberty.

Trenton

1776 Revolutionary War battle in New Jersey; won by the Continental Congress

Crispus Attucks

________- First person shot & killed in the Boston Massacre; African American.

King George III

King of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War time.

Valley Forge

Location in Pennsylvania where General Washingtons army spent a difficult winter in 1777- 1778.

Second Continental Congress

assembly of delegates representing every colony that met in 1775 in Philadelphia following the Battles of Lexington & Concord.

Intolerable Acts

series of laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party.

Treaty of Paris

What treaty ended the American Revolution

Stamp Act

The ________ which made internal taxes on American goods and then replaced it with the townshend acts.

Mercantilism

system where a nation competes with its rivals to get as much wealth as possible

King George III

King of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War time

Proclamation of 1763

declaration by the British King ordering all colonists to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains

Stamp Act

1765 law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials

Sam Adams

Leader of the radical group sons of liberty

Crispus Attucks

First person shot & killed in the Boston Massacre; African American

Intolerable Acts

series of laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party

Common Sense

47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence for the colonies

Second Continental Congress

assembly of delegates representing every colony that met in 1775 in Philadelphia following the Battles of Lexington & Concord

Loyalists

Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War

Lexington

One of the First Battles in the Revolutionary War; fought in 1775 in Massachusetts

Saratoga

1774 Revolutionary War Battle considered to be the turning point in the war because the patriot win convinced the French to ally officially with the United States

Valley Forge

Location in Pennsylvania where General Washingtons army spent a difficult winter in 1777-1778