American Revolution

John Locke

A writer whose ideas influenced revolution and resistance against British rule.

King George ||

The British king, took the crown in 1760, during the American Revolution.

Sugar act

Stop smuggling of Sugar in New England.

Currency act

Restricted Colonies producing paper money.

Stamp act

Any documents printed on paper need to be stamped to show it'd been paid.

Townshend act

Taxed goods imported to the American colonies, creating custom duties on common items: glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.

Homespun

Clothing homespun by women as a sign of boycott. (Patriot women.)

Committees of Correspondence

Informs committees of resistance efforts through out the colonies or British control.

Boston massacre

British soldiers fired at colonist protesting.

Boston tea party

Colonists, dressed as Natives, dumped 342 chests of lea into the river in Boston as revolt.

Coercive acts

Four acts passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.

Continental congress

A legislative body, Some Executive function, in the colonies. Raised resistance against British rule.

Lexington and Concord

George Washington

A Virginian delegate chosen by the continental congress to be Commander in chief for the American Revolution.

Common sense

A 'book' written by Thomas Paine arguing 4 independence: Denouncing monarchy/Challenging empirical rule.

Lord Dunmore

Offered slaved freedom if they joined the British army against American's.

Declaration of Independence

Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, edited by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and congress, declaring independence from Britain.

Battle of Saratoga

A turning point in the Revolutionary War, led the French to support Americans and join their cause.

Battle of Yorktown

Also known as the Siege of Yorktown, was the final decisive victory by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Articles of confederation

Allowed tach state 1 vote in the Continental Congress.

Loyalists

Colonists who were loyal to the crown. Were outcast and lost Everything after Revolution.