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Sugar and Molasses Act
-Passed a modified version of the sugar act on April 5, 1764
-Taxed the colonists on the imported molasses -
The Stamp Act
-Taxed the colonists on all printed items -
Quartering Act
-Colonists must house British soldiers and feed them -
The Boston Massacre
-British soldiers shot five people that outbursted because of the tension of the British troops -
Tea Act
-Because of the Boston Tea Party the British are now taxing the colonists on tea -
Boston Tea Party
-60 men dressed as Mohawk Indians went aboard British ships and threw 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor -
Francis Marion
-He and his army slept during the day and traveled at night
-Used guerilla tactics against the British -
Minutemen
-Volunteer soldiers for the Patriots -
Paul Revere
-Midnight ride alerts Patriots that "The British are coming" -
George Washington
-Led continental army in the American Revolution -
Ethan Allen
-Lead Green Mountain boys in an attack on Fort Ticonderoga
-Supplied Patriots with cannons and gunpowder -
Second Continental Congress
-Second Continental Congress came together on this date, it was, in effort, a reconvincing of the First Continental Congress -
Nathanael Greene
-General of the Continental Army in the South -
Colonel William Prescott
-"Do not shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes." -
General William Howe
-British
-Battle of Bunker Hill -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-First major battle
-Proved Americans could fight but British were not easy to defeat -
Benedict Arnold
-Led American troops to Quebec to gain control of it
-Lost battle
-Later became a traitor because he felt he didn't get enough credit -
Thomas Paine
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Betsy Ross
-Sewed flags for Washington's army
-Sewed the first American flag -
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
-(Lexington and Concord of the South)
-British tried to take over New England and failed
-British earned he loyalty of many southern areas -
The King Sailes
-The King and his troops sailed from Boston, MA to Halifax, Canada -
Thomas Jefferson
-Wrote the Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
-On July 2, 1776 the Continental Congress voted that the 13 colonies were "free and independent states"
-Two days later on July 4, 1776 the delegates accepted Jefferson's Declaration of Independence -
Nathan Hale
-Went behind enemy lines and got answers for George Washington
-He eventually got caught -
Battle of Long Island
-1400 Americans killed/captured
-The rest retreated to Manhattan the British followed George Washington
-Hurried north -
Battle of Trenton
-Americans surprised the Hessian population and took them prisoner
-At 8a.m. population 1408 men and 39 officers
-At 9a.m. population 0 -
Battle of Saratoga
-Ended British threat to New England
-It also convinced France to become an ally to the Patriots -
Marquis de Lafayette
-Brought trained soldiers to the Patriots
-Became one of George Washington's most trusted friends -
Friedrich von Steuben
-Helped train Washington's troops to march and drill
-Served in the Prussian Army -
Molly Pitcher
-During the Battle of Monmouth she carried water to soldiers
-When her husband was wounded she loaded and fired a cannon -
John Paul Jones
-He was sailing when he spotted enemy merchant ships. He sailed up to their ship, Serapis. Attacked Serapis, battled hand-to-hand combat. Americans were victorious. -
Battle of King's Mountain
-("The turn of the tide")
-The Americans captured Kings Mountain -
Daniel Morgan
-At the Battle of Cowpens defeated British with a clever tactic -
Battle of Yorktown
-British troops decreased by more than half with more people dying supplies was running low
-Cornwallis and troop surrnedered -
Treaty of Paris
-Cogress approved the Treaty of Paris
