Ush: C4 The Struggle For Freedom (1754-1783)

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a nation that joins with other nations for the same cause

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ally

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to surrender something

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cede

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an official government announcement

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proclamation

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a person selected to act for others

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representative

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to end

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repeal

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a public statement

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declaration

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a sudden, complete change of government

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revolution

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an army of citizens used in emergencies

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militia

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an action to keep supplies from getting into or out of an area

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blockade

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a colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain

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Loyalist

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not favoring either side in a quarrel or war

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neutral

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France and its Indian allies defend the Ohio River Valley from English settlement and the British troops, loyal colonists & Indian allies.

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French & Indian War

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A skirmish between Boston colonists and British soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed including Chrispus Attucks a runaway slave

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Boston Massacre

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1765 - forced colonist to buy stamps for all printed material

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Stamp Act

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a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

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the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act.

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Boston Tea Party

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the document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared the colonies' independence from Britain

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Declaration of Independence

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French-speaking settlers in British Nova Scotia refused to swear loyalty to the British government and were deported to Louisiana, France and other countries. Known as Cajuns in Louisiana today.

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Acadian Deportation

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a young colonel of a militia that attacked French Fort Necessity and was forced to surrender which started the French & Indian war in 1754

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George Washington

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prevented English colonists from settling in the Ohio River Valley because British leaders felt it would reduce trade, taxes and loyalty to England

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Proclamation of 1763

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a colonist who supported American independence from Britain

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Patriot

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an antifederalist who feared strong government and taxation & said "Give me Liberty or give me death"

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Patrick Henry

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author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States

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Thomas Jefferson

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a French general who helped train American troops in the Revolutionary War

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Commander of the British army in the Revolutionary War

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General Lord Cornwallis

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representatives of all colonies except Georgia met and sent a Declaration of American Rights to Great Britain in 1774

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First Continental Congress

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Colonial leaders met in Philadelphia in 1775 to write the Olive Branch Petition or a peaceful solution to their problems but chose Washington to lead the army

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Second Continental Congress

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70 Minutemen met at Lexington Green to stop a large British force & 5 were killed; but at North Bridge the Minutemen forced General Gage to return to Boston.

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Lexington & Concord

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a petition drafted at the 1st Continental Congress to ask Britain to accept a peaceful solution to the dispute

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Olive Branch Petition

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France joined the U.S. by treaty after the Continental victory at Saratoga; later Spain, Holland, & Germany lent money or military leadership to the colonists.

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Patriot Allies

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British General Cornwallis gets trapped on a peninsula near Yorktown, VA. & the French navy kept the British ships from rescueing his army

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Battle of Yorktown

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In 1783 American & British leaders signed a treaty in Paris to end the war making the American colonies an independent nation

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Treaty of Paris

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the colonial militia fight British forces in Boston & show they can win a battle against English troops. It led to a blockade of supply ships & hiring of Hessian (German) mercenary soldiers

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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colonists who rode from town to town warning the minutemen that "The Redcoats are coming"

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Paul Revere, William Dawes & Samuel Prescott

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a document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 declaring the reasons why delegates of the Continental Congress declare the colonies independence from Britain.

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Declaration of Independence