4MW- The American Revolution

The money paid to the government. ______ made goods more expensive to buy.

These acts were punishment for the Boston Tea Party.

Thomas Paine drafted the Declaration of Independence.

A volunteer army made up of mostly farmers who had little training.

This act made the colonists provide food and places to sleep for the British Soldiers.

The government of Great Britain.

This peace agreement was made between the American colonies and England after the war was over.

This act placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and other British goods.

The colonists and the British soldiers argued in front of the Custom's House in Boston during the Boston Massacre.

This act made molasses very expensive to import.

During this event the Sons of Liberty snuck onto the British ships and dumped 300 crates of tea overboard.

This act said that every piece of paper that changed hands in the colonies had to have a British stamp attached to it.

These acts were created to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party. It closed the Boston Harbor.

The Sons of Liberty were a group of Patriots who led protests.

The Commander-in-Chief of the of the Continental Army.

A type of warfare that Native Americans taught the colonists. Sneaky suprise attacks...

A colonist who did not choose sides were called Loyalists.

Minutemen were patriot soldiers who were ready to fight at a moments notice.

__________ wrote the patriotic pamphlet, "Common Sense".

To illegally bring in goods

The colonists decided to declare independence from Great Britain during the First Continental Congress.

A colonist who believes that the colonies should be independent is called a

Great Britain was in debt after the

This kept the colonists from settling land west of the Appalachain Mountains.

The colonists called the British Soldiers "Bluecoats" because of the color of their uniforms.