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| Was a delegate or representative for the colonists, had the idea known as the Albany Plan of Union were the colonists would fight as one country. |
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| Was the first President of the United States and leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War |
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| General of the British army with George Washington as his adviser. Led the attack on the French at Fort Duquesne. |
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| King of Britain during the Revolutionary War |
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| Ottawa chief who lead a rebellion against the British to stop the loss of Native American hunting lands. |
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| Massachusetts colonist who wrote poems and plays supporting the Patriot cause. |
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| Virginia leader who spoke out against British policies and later opposed the Constitution |
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| American Revolutionary leader who set up a Committee of Correspondence in Boston and helped form the Sons of Liberty |
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| African American sailor who was killed during the Boston Massacre |
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| Governor of Massachusetts and a leader in the British army during the Revolutionary War |
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| A leader of the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts |
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| Massachusetts colonist who warned the Patriots that the British were marching toward Concord |
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| Enslaved African woman who became a famous poet and supported the Patriots during the Revolutionary War |
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| Writer during the American Revolution. His pamphlet Common Sense led many Americans to favor independence |
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| Third President of the United States and the main writer of the Declaration of Independence. He was President when the United States purchased Louisiana from France. |
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| a region claimed both by Britian and France in the early 1700's; stretched along the Ohio River from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River |
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| this war started in North America and spread to Europe. Native Americans fought for both sides, but mostly for the French. |
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| This treaty ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain most of Canada, all French lands east of the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida. |
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| a statement by King George III that said all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to Native Americans. White settlers there were told to leave. |
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| This act was passed to help raise money for Britain. It taxed sugar and molasses brought to the colonies. |
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| This act put a tax on many paper items in the colonies. Newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards had to have a special stamp on them to show that the tax had been paid. |
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| Sons and Daughters of Liberty |
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| These groups formed because of the taxes on the colonists. They tared and feathered tax collectors and chased them out of towns. Some women made there own threads and fabrics as to not buy from the British. They dressed as the Mohawk tribe and threw tea in the harbor. They boycotted many taxed items. |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| These people wrote letters to one another to tell what was happening in their town and colony so information could spread quickly. |
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| This was a new law that set up taxes on glass, tea, paint, and paper. It also provided new tax collectors. |
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| A fight between the colonists and the British soldiers. That started with the colonists throwing rocks and snowball and the British opened fire and killed 5 people total. |
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| The Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and threw tea into the harbor in protest to the Tea Tax. |
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| Laws set by Parliament to make the colonists follow the unfair laws. The colonists renamed this act the intolerable. |
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| Battle of Lexington and Concord |
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| A plan to arrest the two leaders of the Sons of Liberty by the British started this battle that was to be secret, but Paul Revere found out and warned the colonists. |
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| A Battle wrongly named...should have been Breed's Hill. Were the British won but suffered heavy losses of troops. |
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| Sent by Congress to King George III asking for peace. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Written mostly by Thomas Jefferson. This document had a preamble, the main idea of government, peoples rights, and complaints against the King. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The document that states that all states will govern themselves but will work together on national issues. |
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| a formal agreement among groups or individuals |
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| the lawmaking branch of the British government |
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| a plan for spending money |
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| the act of working against one's own government |
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| a formal meeting of government representatives |
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| to refuse to buy or use goods or services |
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| to cancel, or undo, a law |
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| the complete control of a product or good by one person or group |
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| To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor |
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| to provide or pay for housing |
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| A member of the Massachusetts colony militia who could quickly be ready to fight the British |
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| A person who is in control of tall the armed forces of a nation |
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