APUSH Rebellion and Revolution

The site at which Washington rerouted the Hessians on Christmas Night

Trenton

An African-American sailor who was killed in the Boston Massacre

Crispus Attucks

Surrendered British troops at Yorktown after he was blocked from a sea escape by the French

General Cornwallis

Under this export duty, sugar, coffee, and a number of other products the colonists imported would be taxed

Sugar Act

The climactic battle in the Revolution, resulted in the surrender of Lord Cornwallis

Battle of Yorktown

Described by Americans as a series of laws that were more than they could put up with

“Intolerable” (Coercive) Acts

An area returned to Spain by the British in the Peace of Paris

Florida

The act that taxed the use of all sorts of printed matter, including playing cards

Stamp Act

Site of the First Continental Congress

Philadelphia, PA

The Indispensable Man

George Washington

A southern guerrilla fight who was also known as the Swamp Fox

Francis Marion

The turning point of the Revolution

Battle of Saratoga

Three colonial patriots who set out to warn the colonists that the British were coming

Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott

The site of Washington’s first victory in the Revolution

Dorchester Heights

An American hero at Saratoga — secretly agreed to turn West Point over to the British for a large sum of money — and was also in the British army

Benedict Arnold

Frenchman who assisted Washington, particularly financially

Marquis de Lafayette

British law that noted that the colonists were “subordinate” to the crown

Declaratory Act

The two opposing generals in the Battle of Quebec (F&I War)

Generals James Wolfe and Louis Joseph de Montcalm

A series of laws designed to ensure that England received its cut of any proceeds earned by the American colonies from trade with other nations

Navigation Acts

Argued that it was “common sense” to break from England

Thomas Paine

A British ship that ran around while chasing a merchant ship it believed to be smuggling, and was set on fire by colonists

Gaspee

Along with Jefferson, this founding father was the co-author of the Declaration of Independence

John Adams

America’s greatest ally during the Revolution

France

After defeating the British at the Battle of Blackstock’s Farm, this southern guerrilla fighter became known as the Carolina Gamecock

Thomas Sumter

The British Prime Minister who concluded that Parliament should raise money to pay for the colonies by taxing the colonists

George Grenville

The original name of Fort Pitt

Fort Duquense

Navigation Act that asserted that European goods could only be taken to the American colonies after they had passed through England first

1663

Colonists began to cry “taxation without representation” after which tax law

Sugar Act

The location of the most decisive battle of the French and Indian War

The Plains of Abraham in Quebec

Were the first to openly resist customs collectors in Boston

Liberty Boys

The communication sent by the Massachusetts legislature to all colonies urging a boycott of English goods

Circular Letter

Defended the accused British soldiers after the Boston Massacre to make a stand for the rule of law and order

John Adams

When tea was brought into Charleston harbor, this happened

Colonists seized it and kept the tea in a warehouse

The Intolerable Act that provided the Governor of Mass. the right to transfer the trials of soldiers and royal officials accused of serious crimes to courts outside of Massachusetts

Administration of Justice Act

Spanish governor of New Orleans who led his military in securing colonial ports in the Gulf

Bernardo Galvez

Occurred in response to the British Tea Act

Tea ships never docked and simply went back to England

The last-ditch attempt to ask the King to appeal to Parliament in defense of the colonies

Olive Branch Petition

Argued at the 2nd Continental Congress that independence was necessary

Richard Henry Lee

The five delegate appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston

Proclamation that kept Americans from encroaching too far into Native lands

Proclamation of 1763

Applied an indirect tax to everyday goods

Townshend Acts

Dressed as Mohawk Native Americans at the Boston Tea Party

Sons of Liberty

Part of the Coercive Acts that ordered colonists to house British soldiers

Fourth Law

Extremely cold and deadly winter where Revolutionaries trained to stay motivated

Valley Forge

Trained the Revolutionaries to use bayonets and strategies; a former Prussian captain

Baron von Steuben

Bernardo Galvez’s most important military victory over the British

Battle of Pensacola

The second-most important American general; fought General Cornwallis using guerrilla tactics

General Nathaniel Greene