Vocab

5. sole control of the supply of good service
6. a riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, in the city of Boston
8. an event where colonists disguised as Indians boarded three ships and tossed several hundred chests of tea into the habor
9. American colonists who were ready to fight at a minute's notice notice
10. the political theory that individuals
11. Commander in chief of British army during the American Revolutionary War
12. was a time of great philosophical thoughts and scientific invention in Europe
14. English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural right sand soical contract
15. a war between England and France between 1754 and 1763
16. first military confrontation of the of the Revolutionary War
17. Founding father from Virginia who was famous for saying "Give me Liberty or give me death"

1. author of the Declaration of Independence
2. the act by which the Continental Congress declared the colonies to be free and independent of England on July 4, 1776
3. gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original colonies in 1754
4. this pamphlet authored by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
7. British general who surrounded at the Battle of Yorktown
13. a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonies for the Boston Tea Party
14. colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain, during the American Revolution