Conflict between British and French colonies in North America

Native American tribes were with both sides

British victory led to significant territorial gains but also financial loss

Made by King George to control colonization west of the Appalachian Mountains

made to prevent conflict with Native Americans

Colonists thought of it as a limitation on their growth

tax on molasses and increased enforcement to collect it.

Grew the list of taxable imported goods.

One of the first laws that was made to raise money directly from the colonies.

Required colonists to pay tax on printed things

Led to protests and boycotts

Started the sons of liberty

Allowed the British Company to sell tea directly to the colonies.

Cut out colonial sellers ending their businesses.

Led to the Boston Tea Party.

Colonists dumped over 300 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor.

A protest against taxation without representation.

Led to harsh punishments from the British government.

Delegates from the12 colonies met in Philadelphia

made a petition of grievances to King George

started a boycott of British goods

Helped the colonial war effort

Made Continental Army and had George Washington as the commander

Started the Declaration of Independence

officially announced the colonies separation from Great Britain

Written by Thomas Jefferson

Listed grievances against King George and stated the natural rights

Ended the American Revolutionary War

Recognized the United States as an independent nation

Established new borders and rights

British monarch during the American Revolution

Refused to grant more freedom to the colonies

His laws made the colonies dislike him

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army

Led American forces to victory

First President of the United States

Famous for his horse ride to warn colonists of British troops

Skilled silversmith

Member of the Sons of Liberty

Delegate of Continental Congress

important leader for independence

Second President of the United States

President of the Second Continental Congress

signer of the Declaration of Independence

Governor of Massachusetts

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

Third President of the United States

Advocate for individual rights

Helped get French support during the war

Inventor

Helped draft and sign the Declaration of Independence

Author of the pamphlet Common Sense

Advocated for American independence

Wrote More books during the war

British general who surrendered at Yorktown

Led successful campaigns in the southern colonies

His defeat caused the end of the war

British soldiers shot at a crowd of colonists killing five

Increased the tensions between colonists and British

Widely framed by colonial leaders into propaganda

First military fights of the American Revolutionary War

British attempt to take control of colonial weapons

shot heard around the world marking the start of the war

Major American victory over the British

Turning point of the war

Convinced France ally with the United States

Final major battle of the Revolutionary War

American and French forces trapped the British army

Led to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and end of the war