People
I was selected to be in the commander of the Continental Army?
Who was George Washington?
The Tea Act was established for this reason?
What is the East India Tea Company
The first British victory in the Revolutionary War was....
What is the Battle of Lexington?
What ideas of natural rights did Thomas Jefferson borrow from John Locke?
What is "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?"
Who wrote the 50 page pamphlet called "Common Sense" that helped change the minds of many men?
Who is Thomas Paine?
I was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
This act placed a tax on imported lead, glass, paper, paint and tea.
The Townshend Act
This battle gave a boost to the moral of the American soldiers.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
What three punishments were apart of the Coercive Act following the Boston Tea Party?
All colonies have to house soldiers
Massachusetts cannot hold town meetings
Boston Harbor was closed
Working with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Sherman Rogers, who ultimately wrote the final draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
We warned the people of Lexington that the British soldiers were coming?
Who is Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott?
This act came about as part as the Coercive Acts which required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act
This was the first colonial or American victory in the Revolutionary War in which the colonists made the Redcoats retreat back to Boston.
What is the Battle of Concord?
Who said "Don't fire until you see the white of their eyes"?
Who is William Prescott?
How many Patriot representatives signed their name to the Declaration of Independence?
What is 56?
I died in the Boston Massacre and was the first African American hero of the war?
Who was Crispus Attucks?
This act required colonists to pay taxes on sugar, coffee, molasses, indigo and whale fins.
What is the Sugar Act
During this event, colonists dressed as Native Americans to board British ships and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What was sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll to restore peace between Britain and the colonies?
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This was issued by King George after the French & Indian War. It set aside all land in the Ohio River Valley for Native Americans.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Patrick Henry
This act required colonists to buy stamps or seals for most paper goods, playing cards, pamphlets, calendars, documents, etc.
What is the Stamp Act?
During this event, colonists protested the collection of taxes and threw snowballs at British guards. Five colonists were killed and many others were wounded in this event.
Boston Massacre
Paul Revere's engraved picture of the Boston Massacre was an example of?
What is propaganda?
As well as "breaking up" with Britain what was the ultimate reason for writing the Declaration of Independence?
In hopes of gaining help from France and Spain