American Revolution Era

England made the colonists pay for the war by issuing taxes & created the Proclamation Line of 1763

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

• Boston Tea Party

• Valley Forge

England's lawmakers

• Parliament

• Declaration of Independence

• Unalienable Rights

• Common Sense

Refusal to buy or participate

• Parliament

• Boycott

• Grievance

• Treaty of Paris

Group of colonists, led by Samuel Adams, who worked to provoke conflict with England through boycotts, protests, and violence

• French and Indian War

• Sons of Liberty

• Boston Massacre

• Common Sense

Clash between British soldiers and Boston colonist where 5 colonists were killed, including Crispus Attucks

• French and Indian War

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Valley Forge

Men disguised as Mohawk Indians destroyed tea aboard British ships

• French and Indian War

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Valley Forge

War fought between the colonists and England over taxes

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

• Boston Tea Party

• Valley Forge

British Monarch during the American Revolution who made laws, taxes, and acts that angered the colonists

• Sons of Liberty

• Parliament

• King George III

• George Washington

1st battles of the American Revolution (1775); “Shot heard ‘round the world”

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Battle of Yorktown

Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776; Colonies declared freedom from England

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Unalienable Rights

• Common Sense