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The Sugar Act
-A law passed by the British Parliament raising duties on foreign refined sugar growers in the West Indies
-Purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service and to give customs agents more power -
Sons of Liberty
-Vigilante group that was made to protest against excessive taxes by British
-Tax collectors were afraid to do their jobs -
Townshend Acts
-Taxes on more everyday products
-Made to pay for the French and Indian War -
Boston Massacre
-Confrontation between colonists and British soldiers
-5 were dead
-Caused colonists to spread the news of violence -
Boston Tea Party
-Dumps crates of tea into the Boston Harbor
-Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans
-Happened because of tax on tea -
Committees of Correspondence
-Letter writing campaign to keep other colonies informed
-Helps the colonial unity -
Intolerable Act
-Act that closed the Boston Harbor
-Taxes on more everyday goods
-Put Massachusetts under Martial Law
-1st Continental congress Declaration of Colonial Rights -
Quartering Act
-Colonists must house British soldiers increased colonial tension
-People were forced to feed them, and provide a place to sleep -
Continental Congress
-12 colonies meet to discuss the treatment of the colonies by the British
-Sent a formal list of complaints King George lll
-Georgia did not attend -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-Made the colonists think they could win
-"Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes." Established because they would run out of ammo -
Lexington and Concord
-Known as the "Shot heard around the world"
-First Military engagements of the Revolutionary War
-The British won -
Common Sense Published
-A 17 page pamphlet written to encourage the colonists to break away from the crown
-Written by Thomas Paine -
Battle of Trenton
-George Washington crossed the Delaware River the day after Christmas
-George Washington and his troops won -
Battle of Saratoga: September 19-October 17
-TURNING POINT of the Revolution
-Gave a decisive victory to Americans over the British -
Battle of Yorktown
-Battle that ended the Revolution
-Americans won, Charles Cornwallis did not attend the formal surrender ceremony
