American Revolution Era

Author, publisher, inventor and diplomat

Polish Jew who spied for the Americans and was held as a translator for the Germans by British

an act of civil disobedience; colonists dumped British tea into the harbor, protesting tea act

document written by Jefferson, claiming independence from Great Britain - 1776

Tax on Legal documents, newspapers, licenses, diplomas, dice, and playing cards

"Give me Liberty, or give me death!"

taxed glass, paper, lead, silk, and tea

American colonists who stayed loyal to Great Britain

First civilians killed by British soldiers

educated African American Patriot; made the same midnight ride as Paul Revere

Patriot writer that supported the American Revolution, first woman historian of the Revolution

wife of John Adams, known for her stance on women's rights

Refusing to buy goods from a certain country or business

First Battles of the Revolution - 1775

thousands of Washington's troops died here in the winter of 1777

Founder of the U.S. Navy

Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

British colonists wanted to control French land in N. America in the Ohio River Valley 1754-63

After the war, Britain taxed colonists and wouldn't let them settle west of the ______Mountains

Treaty that ended the American Revolution - 1783

last major battle of the Revolution - 1781

refusal to obey certain laws for the purpose of influencing legislation

Governments created in each colony before the revolution to organize resistance against British

legal document that allowed officers to search homes for smuggled goods

advocated independence, Continental Congress delegate, Declaration of Independence Committee

tax on tea

military force made up of ordinary citizens

Boston patriot who opposed taxation, leader of the Sons of Liberty

To cancel a law or act

African American spy during the Revolution

first martyr of the Boston Massacre

British soldiers could stay in colonists' homes

Turing point in the war, influenced foreign nations to support American cause

French noble who helped Americans during the Revolution

American colonists who were determined to gain independence from the British

Tax on Molasses - 1764

a series of severe laws meant to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party

first meeting of colonists to discuss dissatisfaction with England

Wrote Common Sense and American Crisis

rights that cannot or should not be taken away by government

King of England during the American Revolution

This treaty ended the French and Indian War

using ships to prevent goods from leaving a harbor