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- Guerilla war tactics
- Patriots used these tactics in the South to strike quickly and then disappear into the woods or swamps.
- Nationalism
- devotion to one's country
- Embargo
- prohibiting entry or departure of ships
- French and Indian War
- called the Seven Years' War in Europe, during this war,Great Britain and France fought each other for the control of North America._
- Treaty of Paris
- ended French and Indian War
- Boston Massacre
- British troops killed five American citizens
- Intolerable Acts
- laws passed by the English Parliament that limited trade and self-government in the colonies
- Patrick Henry
- a prominent burgess (representative) in Virginia whose "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" speech in Virginia's
- House of Burgesses
- aroused colonial leaders to revolt against Great Britain and fight for freedom
- Battle fo New Orleans
- victory in which Andrew Jackson's troops suffered 71 casualties (soldiers wounded or killed) while the British suffered over 2,000. This victory gave people great pride in their country and made Andrew Jackson a hero.
- Treaty o fParis
- Britain recognized the independence of the United States, as well as the border of the new nation.
- George Washington
- unanimously chosen by Congress to command the army forming around Boston. He was chosen because he supported colonial independence, he was a strong leader, and, as a Virginian, he would help unite the southern colonies with the rebellion in New England.
- Boston Tea Party
- colonists protested the tax on tea by dumping a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor.
- Samuel Adams
- one of the members of the Sons of Liberty who dressed as a Native American and boarded ships carrying tea.
- Valley Forge
- where General Washington trained his tired and poorly equipped; with the help of other foreign generals, General Washington was able to instill discipline and lift morale that winter.C19one of the five people killed in the Boston Massacre, he was a free black sailor active in the Sons of Liberty
- Crispus Attacks
- one of the five people killed in the Boston Massacre, he was a free black sailor active in the Sons of Liberty
- Unalienable
- given at birth" and describes the rights of American citizens
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- with the help of the Cherokee nation, Andrew Jackson defeated the Creeks, Tecumseh's allies in the South. As a result, the Creeks had to give up much of their land to the United States
- impressment
- an end of the U.S. embargo of France, fury of the British not respecting the rights of United States sailors, bitter Native Americans allying with the British-allIed James Madison to decide that war with Britain was necessary for the good of the United States.
- colonialism
- under this economic system, the colonies were supposed to supply England with raw materials. England would manufacture these materials and sell them back to the colonies as finished products.
- monopoly
- - a market in which there is only one supplier
- writs of assistance
- search warrants that gave customs officials the right to search anywhere for illegal goods, those that had been bought or sold without being taxed.
- Paul Revere
- rode on horseback through neighboring towns shouting, "The British are coming!" At this warning, the minutemen rushed to Lexington, a town between Boston and Concord
- Tecumseh
- a Native American Shawnee leader who with his brother, The Prophet, organized many native tribes and allied themselves with the British Canadians in case of war with the United States
- Battles of Lexington and Concord
- - these battles began the Revolutionary War
- Minutemen
- volunteer soldiers who were ready to fight in a moment's notice
- Declaration of Independence
- a formal declaration of colonial independence from Britain
- Battle of Fort McHenry the British gave up their attack on this well-defended fort. At the scene of this battle, Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" which later became the national anthem of the United States