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| In 1765 this law passed a tax on items the colonists purchased like newspapers and playing cards. It made the colonists very angry. |
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| An American colonist who was loyal to the British |
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| a group of patriots who boycotted British goods and was responsible for the Boston Tea Party |
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| He was the ruler of Britain. A statue of him was melted down to make bullets to use against the British troops |
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| American colonists who were against British rule and the unfair laws that England placed upon them. |
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| in 1774 the Patriots dumped 18 boxes of tea into the the New York Harbor to protest the tax on tea |
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| the British law-making body or government |
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| Battles of Lexington and Concord |
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| the first battles of the American Revolution |
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| another name for the British soldiers. They got this name for the color of their coats |
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| The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| He was the commander of the Continental Army and would later become our first president |
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| The British general who had a plan to capture Albany. His planned failed though and he surrendered at the Battle of Saratoga |
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| This battle was the turning point of the war. American troops defeated General Burgoyne's army here in 1777. This convinced France to join the American's side. |
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| This was the final battle of the American Revolution. |
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| He was the British soldier who surrendered to George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. |
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| He was a traitor because he gave secret information to the British about the American's military strategy. |
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| This was the peace treaty that was signed on September 3, 1783 |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| This document was adopted July 4, 1776. It declared America as free and independent country from Great Britain. |
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| He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence |
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| His famous "Midnight Ride" warned the Americans that the British were coming to Lexington |
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| He was the Mohawk Chief who sided with the British at the Battle of Oriskany |
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The Americans won this battle against the British and the Native Americans.
This helped keep the British from getting to Albany in time. |
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| The Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawk Indians and threw tea in to the Boston Harbor to protest the tax. |
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| This was the American General who defeated General Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga. |
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