American Revolution Flashcards

A significant event in 1773 where American colonists threw British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.

A group of colonists who opposed British taxation and other forms of control over the American colonies, often using protests and boycotts.

The group of American colonists who supported independence from British rule and were willing to fight for it.

The term used for American colonists who remained loyal to the British crown during the American Revolution.

Those who wanted to stay out of the conflict between the American colonists and the British, taking neither side.

The official document written in 1776, declaring the American colonies' independence from British rule.

The treaty that ended the American Revolution in 1783 and recognized the United States as an independent nation.

Taxation resulting from the French and Indian War.

The Boston Tea Party.

1770