American Revolution Practice Guide

American Revolution - answersThe war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence. Declaration of Independence - answersthe document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain authored by Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson - answersauthor of the Declaration of Independence. He borrowed ideas on natural rights from John Locke The Bill of Rights - answers1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution that detail the protections of our personal liberties checks and balances - answersA system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power no taxation without representation - answersreflected the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had no direct representatives in Parliament U.S. Constitution - answersThe government of the United States. A set of principles (guidelines) that describe the duties and powers of the government. George Washington - answersled the Continental Army during the American Revolution/1st president of the United States Yorktown - answers1781; last battle of the revolution; Benedict Arnold, Cornwallis and Washington; colonists won because British were surrounded and they surrended Lexington and Concord - answers"The Shot Heard Round the World"- The first battle of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts. Stamp Act - answers1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers Sugar Act - answers(1764) British deeply in debt partly to French & Indian War. English Parliament placed a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses. colonists avoided the tax by smuggling and by bribing tax collectors. Quartering Act - answers1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. Townshends Acts - answersDuties (taxes) on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea to help pay for military costs and salaries of colonial governors. Sons of Liberty - answersA group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies before the American Revolution Declaratory Act - answers(1766) The British Parliament emphasized its authority to make binding laws on the American colonies. The French and Indian War - answersA war with the French and Indians versus the British and other Indian tribes over the Ohio River Valley. The Proclamation of 1763 - answersBoundary set up between colonies and the Native American lands East of the Appalachian Mountains. The Boston Massacre - answersIncident on March 5, 1770 where the redcoats killed eleven colonists. This is significant because it added to the resentment of the British by the colonists. The Boston Tea Party - answers(1773) Colonists in Boston throws millions of dollars of tea off of British ships in protest of their Tea Tax and Boston Massacre. Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts