Battles/Events
Fight between Native Americans, French, and British over land in North America
What is French and Indian Wars?
Famous ride (April 18, 1775) warned colonists British were coming, “To Arms! To Arms!”
Who is Paul Revere?
1765- King of England orders colonists to pay a tax on important papers.
What is the Stamp Act?
Land owned by another country
What is colony?
3 Reasons to come to America
What is religious freedom, new life, and work?
1770, mob of people gathered around a British soldier. They threw rock filled snowballs at the soldier. Someone fired shots and killed 8 colonists!
What is Boston Massacre?
People who remain loyal to their country
What is a loyalist?
Saying or slogan where colonists had no voice in government when it came to taxes
What is "taxation without representation?"
People who live in a colony
What is a colonist?
Secret group of men vowed to fight Stamp Act
What is Sons of Liberty?
Dec. 16, 1333, colonists protest British tax by dumping tea into Boston Harbor
What is Boston Tea Party?
A person willing to fight for their country.
What is a Patriot?
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A large farm
What is a plantation?
Location of the first shots of the Revolutionary War
What is Lexington and Concord?
Name for the first shot of the Revolutionary War
What is "shot heard round the world?"
Title of a person who worked with iron (colonial job)
What is a blacksmith?
To stop buying goods or doing business with another country
What is boycott?
Person who learns a job by by working with a skilled craftsmen
What is an apprentice?
Most common weapon of the Revolution
What is a musket?
A bonus weapon on the end of a musket
What is a bayonet?
Title of a person who tanned animal hides for leather (colonial job)
What is a tanner?
Sudden change in government without an election
What is a revolution?
Another work for government
What is parliament?
Biggest cities during colonial times
What are Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston, and New York?