American Revolution

Law passed by Parliament to make colonists buy a stamp to place on many items

One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty

Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on imports to the colonies

Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which four colonists were killed

A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies of ways that Britain threatened colonial rights

Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor

King of England during the American Revolution

A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British

rule by the military

civilian soldiers

The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independence

An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain

Colonists who were loyal to Britain

Battle won by the Americans in 1776

Battle won by the Americans in 1777

rise in the price of goods

Selling goods that are difficult to come by for a profit

Prussian officer who helped train American soldiers

French noble who helped the Americans

British General

Battle that gave Americans victory in the war

Treaty that officially ended the war

A belief in equality

to attack from a hidden place

to refuse to buy certain goods

one who is injured or killed

influenced by others to be dishonest

a person given power to act for others; a representative to a convention

to set apart from others

to cancel

Samuel Adams

Olive Branch Petiton

his pamphlet, Common Sense

Trenton, Yorktown or Saratoga

place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-78