The American Revolution

A battle of the Revolutionary War that occurred in Massachusetts after the Battle of Lexington in 1775. After Lexington, the British marched on, searching for weapons. The colonists used guerrilla-style tactics and defeated them in this battle.

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Concord

Exclusive control over a service or product on the market.

• monopoly

• boycott

• protest

First battle of the American Revolution

• Civil War

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Saratoga

A series of 4 laws passed by the British to punish the colonists for The Boston Tea Party.

• Intolerable Acts

• Declaration of Independence

• The Stamp Act

A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements

• Paul Revere

• Sam Adams

• Abraham Lincoln

British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution

• Patriots

• Redcoats

• Union

an attempt by many people to overthrow an established government. They are usually violent.

• revolution

• monopoly

• boycott

an act passed by the British Parliament that created a monopoly on tea in the colonies and was unfair to American tea merchants. These acts caused the Boston Tea Party.

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor

• Battle of Concord

• Boston Tea Party

• Trail of Tears

Who had the monopoly of selling tea in the colonies?

• India

• British

• Japan