Lord Charles Cornwallis
the English general who led the British troops and was ultimately defeated
popular sovereignty
a belief that people can and should govern themselves
French and Indian War
a continuation of a European conflict which set the British and their colonists against the French and their Native American allies
Thomas Jefferson
he was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
George Washington
he was the commander-in-chief of the colonial forces during the Revolutionary War
Stamp Act
this act taxed all printed materials in the colonies
Marquis de Lafayette
French general who assisted colonial forces during the Revolutionary War
Intolerable Acts
a series of acts designed to punish Boston for the Tea Party
Benjamin Franklin
a colonial statesman who convinced Louis XIV of France to support the colonial cause
social contracts
an agreement between those who govern and those who are governed, defending the rights and limits of each
natural rights
theory that human rights are basic and not granted by a government
Thomas Paine
the author of "Common Sense", a pamphlet which helped the colonists join the colonial cause
loyalists
those colonists who supported remaining with England
Declaration of Independence
the document that declared the independence of the colonists from the British Empire
boycott
refusing to buy a product or service as an act of protest
Proclamation of 1763
this act prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
George Grenville
Prime Minister of England during the Revolutionary War
Pontiac's Rebellion
the final Native American revolt against British aggression in the 1760s
George III
the monarch of England during the Revolutionary War
Yorktown
the final battle of the Revolutionary War
Boston Tea Party
colonists used this demonstration to protest the tax on tea
Treaty of Paris
document that officially ended the Revolutionary War
Battle of Saratoga
this battle proved to be the turning point of the war
Abigail Adams
promoted women's rights at the beginning of the Revolutionary war
patriots
those colonists who supported breaking away from England