Spark of the Rebellion
This 1773 Boston event involved colonists dumping 342 chests of tea into the harbor to protest British Taxes
What was the Boston Tea Party
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States?
Who was George Washington?
Which act shut down the harbor and cut off all trade to and from the city?
What was the Boston port Act?
The opening engagements of the war in 1775, known for the “short heard ‘round the world.”
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
George Washington’s spies used this secret writing method, sometimes called “sympathetic stain,” to hide messages from the British during the American Revolution.
What is invisible ink?
The tragic 1770 event where British soldiers fired into a crowd of protesting colonists, killing five people
What was the Boston Massacre?
She wrote letters to her husband John Adams reminding him to “remember the Ladies” when drafting new laws.
Who was Abigail Adams?
Passed by Parliament in 1773 this law didn’t actually raise the price of its namesake beverage—it granted a monopoly to the East India Company, sparking a famous protest in Boston Harbor
What was the Tea Act?
Washington famously crossed the icy Delaware River on Christmas night 1776 to launch a surprise attack on this city
What was Trenton?
Disguised as a man named Robert Shurtliff, this Massachusetts woman served in the Continental Army durino the American Revolution.
Who was Deborah Sampson?
Published in early 1776, this wildly popular pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued that it was simple common sense for the colonies to demand complete independence
What is “Common Sense”?
This formerly enslaved Black soldier fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 and is traditionally credited with killing British Major John Pitcairn.
Who was Peter Salem?
The first direct internal tax on the colonies, requiring a revenue stamp on all paper goods, legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards.
What was the Stamp Act
This 1777 battle in New York is considered the major turning point of the war because it convinced France to join as an ally
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Enslaved African American who served as a double agent spy for the Continental Army, providing crucial information before Yorktown
Who was James Armistead (Lafayett)?
This Famous slogan expressed the primary economic and political complaint colonists had against British rule
What is “No Taxation without representation”?
This British General surrounded his army to American and French forces at Yorktown in 1781, effectively bringing major fighting in the American Revolution to an end.
Who was General Charles Cornwallis?
These five harsh laws were passed by Britain in 1774 to punish Massachusetts following the Boston Tea Party
What were the Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts)?
The military encampment in Pennsylvania where Washington’s army endured a harsh winter in 1777-1778
What was Valley Forge?
Continental Army general who notoriously switched sides to fight for the British in 1780
Who was Benedict Arnold
In 1772, Rhode Island patriots boarded and burned a hated British Schooner.
What is the Gaspee?
At just 33 years old, this future U.S president wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence 1776.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Mandated that colonial authorities provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in America.
What was the Quartering act
The final major battle of the War.
What was the Siege of Yorktown?
The 16-year-old female patriot often called the “female Paul Revere” after riding 40 miles at night to alert militia troops of approaching British forces
Who was Sybil Ludington?