Required each colonist to provide a place in their home or quarter for British soldiers

Colonists who sided with the British in the Revolutionary War

Hit and run fighting tactics

Created by the Massachusetts House of Reps in the 1760’s to help towns and colonies share info about resisting British laws

American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minutes notice

Hired foreign soldiers

Nickname given to the British soldiers because of their bright red uniforms

 Colonists in favor of fighting for independence

Act created in 1764; placed a tax on molasses and sugar

Who did the Second Continental Congress choose to command the Continental Army?

This law banned all British settlement West of the Appalachian Mountains and if settlers were already living there they needed to move out for their own protection and safety.

Battle; April 19, 1775 British troops head to Concord to seize stored weapons.  Famous “shot heard around the world” happens here.  Patriot Victory, beginning of the Revolutionary War

Act of aggression by the colonists.  Snuck onto British merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea out to protest the new Tea Tax allowing tea to be sold directly to colonists, bypassing colonial merchants

 The First part of the Declaration of Independence states what?

The Second part of the Declaration of Independence states what?

The Third part of the Declaration of Independence states what?

Patriot soldiers used what tactic in the southern colonies to make fighting there so different?

Act 1773; Allowed British East India Company to sell tea directly to colonists, bypassing colonial merchants and hurting their businesses

Act 1765: Placed a tax on all paper items and important documents

Battle Sept 19-Oct 17, 1777; Caught British General Burgoyne’s army in a siege, forcing the British to surrender.  Turning point in the war and one of the greatest American victories

When did the Continental Congress approve the Declaration of Independence?

The Intolerable Acts were created to punish the people in what colony?

Battle; June 17, 1775, Patriot’s forced the British to retreat twice back down the hill, ran out of ammunition so they couldn’t stop them a third time.  British victory but proved that the Patriot’s could fight

 Act 1767; placed a tax on glass, paint, paper, lead, and tea

Act 1766; Law that stated that Parliament had the power to tax the colonists “in all cases whatsoever”

What was the main argument(s) the colonists had against the new taxes the British had placed on them

Siege Sept 8 - Oct 19,1781; Washington and French Naval forces trap British General Cornwallis until he is forced to surrender.  Took over 8000 British prisoners.  Final loss for the British causing them to choose to end the war.

Battle Dec 25, 1776; Washington crosses the Delaware River at night to have his army make a surprise attack on the Hessians stationed at Trenton.  Patriot victory winning tons of supplies, 900 British prisoners, and giving the Americans a huge morale boost