Causes & Protests
This country ruled the 13 American colonies before independence.
What is Great Britain?
He was the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
These two Massachusetts towns were the locations of the first battles of the Revolution in 1775.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This phrase from the Declaration of Independence says people are born with equal rights.
What is “all men are created equal”?
Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain were known by this name
Who were the Patriots?
Britain passed this tax on printed materials, angering the colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
He commanded the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
Who is George Washington?
This document announced that the colonies were separating from Great Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” He was demanding this.
What is freedom from British rule?
Colonists who remained loyal to the British king were known by this name.
Who were the Loyalists?
This phrase expressed the colonists’ belief that they should not be taxed without representation in Parliament.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This difficult winter camp tested the Continental Army’s endurance and helped strengthen its soldiers.
What is Valley Forge?
Thomas Paine argued in Common Sense that America’s struggle mattered to people everywhere. This was his central idea.
What is that American independence was important to all mankind?
This European country became America’s major ally during the Revolutionary War.
What is France?
Colonists protested the British tea tax by dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that encouraged independence from Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This 1777 American victory helped convince France to openly support the United States.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The Declaration says governments get their power from the people’s agreement. This idea is called this.
What is consent of the governed?
This 1783 agreement officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
These laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party and helped unite the colonies against Britain.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Who joined the war on the side of the Americans
France
At this 1781 battle, British General Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These rights, described by Enlightenment thinkers and reflected in the Declaration, include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What are natural rights?
After the Revolution, the United States became this type of independent nation rather than remaining a British colony.
What is a republic?