Define/Identify the following: BOSTON MASSACRE— BOSTON TEA PARTY—

Boston Massacre - Encounter between British troops and a group of citizens protesting the Townshend Acts. British troops fired into the crowd, killing five citizens. Boston Tea Party - December 16, 1773-protest of British tax on tea imported to the colonies.

Define/Identify the following: Committee of Correspondence-- Common Sense--

Common Sense-- Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine which argued it was foolish for the colonies to be governed by a country so far away and that the colonies should have self-rule. Committee of Correspondence-- An organization that used meetings, letters, and pamphlets to spread political ideas through the colonies.

Define/Identify the following: Unalienable Rights-- Proclamation of 1763--

Unalienable Rights-- Basic rights that cannot be taken away from the people such as “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.” These rights are in the Declaration of Independence. Proclamation of 1763-- Following the end of the French & Indian War, King George III of Britain forbid all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains

Define/Identify the following: Declaration of Independence-- First Continental Congress-Philadelphia, Sept. 1774--

Declaration of Independence Document that declared the American colonies independent from England; written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 First Continental Congress A political body assembled to represent American interests and challenge British control. They voted to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed and called upon each colony to establish a colonial militia.

French and Indian War-- Lexington/Concord--

War between Great Britain and France. Britain wins and gains French Canada. Britain begins to tax the colonies to help Pay the war debt. Eventually leading to the American Revolution. 1775-opening shots of the American Revolution

Loyalists— Minutemen-- Militia—

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies Companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minute’s notice

Parliament— Saratoga— Second Continental Congress--

British legislature A political body assembled to represent American interests and challenge British control. Group voted to declare independence from Great Britain and later wrote the Articles of Confederation which was a plan of government for the colonies. American troops win a victory; turning point of the American Revolution as France comes to the aid of the colonists

Self-determination— Treason— Treaty of Paris 1783--

a a crime against the government Right of a people to decide their future political status in respect to form of government Officially ended American Revolution; British recognized US as a free and independent country and gave US land to Mississippi River

Valley Forge 1777-1778— Yorktown 1781--

Washington and the American army lose Philadelphia and spend a horrible winter there Washington forces the surrender of Cornwallis thus ending the American Revolution