History Lab

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  1. 1. First military confrontation of the Revolouionary War; this battle occures in Massachusetts, on April 19,1775 between colonial minutemen and british soldiers
  2. 3. The last battle of the Revolutionary War fought in Yorktown, Virginia, where the British Army surrendered
  3. 4. Colonists who remained loyal to great Britain,during the American Revolution; also knownas Tories
  4. 6. A riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, in the city of Boston when colonists confronted British troops and the troops fired upon and killed several colonists
  5. 7. An event where colonists, disguised as Indians, boarded three ships and tossed several hundred chests of tea into the harbor in protest against British taxes on tea
  6. 8. An agreement for mutual benefit between an individual, group, or community and its government
  7. 14. a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonists for the Bonston Tea Party
  8. 16. Sole control of the supply of good or service
  9. 18. British law passed in 1756 that imposed a tax on all printed materials; contributed to the start of the american Revolutionary War
  10. 20. Commander in cheif of the British army during the American Revolutionaty War
  11. 25. American revolutionary leader; author of Common Sense
  12. 27. The act by which the continental Congress declared the colonies to be free and independent of England on July 4, 1776
  13. 28. This pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine and published in 1776, inspired colonists to declare and fight for independence
  14. 29. The philosophical concept expressing the balance sought in the system of government in the United States
  15. 30. gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original colonies in 1754; at this meeting, the representatives agreed that the colonies should work together to boycott British trade goods
  16. 31. Signed by the United States and Great Britain in 1783; officially ended the Revolutionary War and acknowledged America’s independence.
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  1. 2. A person, or group of people, who remain neutral in foreign affairs
  2. 5. Signed by Great Britain and France in 1763; officially ending the French and Indian War
  3. 9. Author of the Delclaration of Independence; third president of the United States of America
  4. 10. Military general of the American rebel forces; president of the Constitutional Convention; first president of the United States of America
  5. 11. Agreement signed on February 6, 1778 between France and the United States, in which each country agreed to help the other defend itself against England
  6. 12. A time of great philosophical thought and scientific invention in Europe, during the Eighteenth Century
  7. 13. British law passed after the french and Indian War that required colonists to the east of the Appalachian Mountains
  8. 15. A war between England and France between 1754 and 1763; also known as the Seven Years War
  9. 17. Founding Father from Virginia who was famous for saying “Give me liberty or give me death!”; opposed ratification of the United States Constitution
  10. 19. British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781
  11. 21. American colonists who were ready to fight at a minute’s notice; these soldiers fought against the British army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
  12. 22. The war between Great Britain and its American colonies occurring between 1775 and 1783, in which the colonies won their independence from british control
  13. 23. The political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature of God
  14. 24. Colonists who called for independence from Great Britain, during the American Revolution
  15. 26. English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural right and the social contract