People
This first president was chosen to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
During the fall of 1779, patriots—aided by France, tried desperately to retake Savannah.
What is the Siege of Savannah?
This proclamation denied colonists the opportunity to move west after the French Indian War and instead reserved the land for Native Americans.
Proclamation of 1763
Complaints about the king refusing to approve laws or interfering with colonial government belong in this part of the Declaration.
What are the "Grievances"?
The first U.S. flag, with 13 red and white stripes and 13 white stars represented this:
What are the 13 colonies?
Aided by South Carolinians, this Patriot led a force of Georgia rebels in an attack against British loyalists at the Battle of Kettle Creek.
Who is Elijah Clarke?
This deadly riot occurred when British soldiers fired into a crowd of Colonists on March 5, 1770, killing five unarmed civilians including Crispus Attucks.
The Boston Massacre?
This early Act, forced colonists to pay a tax on paper and sending mail. The colonists responded with cries of "no taxation without representation".
What is the Stamp Act?
Someone who supported King George III, including Salzburgers and Scottish Highlanders, recent arrivals to the colonies and wealthy traders.
What is a loyalist?
Colonists protested British taxes by refusing to buy British goods, using this method of protest to pressure Britain.
What is a boycott?
In the list of grievances of the Declaration of Independence, the colonists are writing to this monarch.
Who is King George III
The "shot heard round the world" is said to be the first shots fired in the Revolution, during this battle.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This was the law that required colonists to pay for the accomodations of British soldiers, food, shelter, etc.
What is the Quartering Act?
The document that stated America is their own free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Natural rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are discussed in this part of the Declaration.
What is the "Preamble"?
This man, along with George Walton and Lyman Hall signed the Declaration of Independence at Assembly Hall in Philadelphia.
Who is Button Gwinnett?
This battle provided the patriots with badly needed supplies and won over many Georgians who had been unsupportive of the war.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek
Also known as the Seven Years War, this battle between Britain vs. France and their Native allies raged over control of the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French Indian War?
The French and Indian War was fought mainly between Britain and France over control of this.
Ohio River Valley
Which two countries came to the colonists aide to defeat Great Britain?
What are Spain and France?
People who wanted the American colonies to gain their independence from Britain.
British general Charles Cornwallis surrendered here in 1781.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This is the name of the colonists had for the Coercive Acts, which were meant to punish the Colonists for their Tea Party protest.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This section of the Declaration of Independence officially states that the colonies are free and independent states.
What is the "Declaration"?
This was the name of the Treaty that ended the French and Indian War. It is also the same name of the Treaty that ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?