Causes
This event lead the British to taxing the Colonies
What was French and Indian War
This man wrote Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists.
What is Boston Harbor
What were: hessians
This mistake(s) by General Howe in the Battle of Brooklyn, proved costly for the British?
What is waiting to attack Manhattan?
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is The Boston Tea Party.
This man may have ties to British parliament or be a wealthy person in NY.
What is a loyalist?
This city is were most patriots were located.
What is Boston?
These colonists stayed true to their King.
What were the Loyalists.
This German general helped to train the troops at Valley Forge.
Who was Baron Von Stuben?
Britain punished Boston because of this incident with the Intolerable Acts.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
Who is George Washington?
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies.
What is The Atlantic Ocean.
This snowball fight turned riot led many colonist to support the revolution.
What was the Boston Massacre?
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act.
This man actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
This city was occupied [controlled] by the British for almost the entire war.
What was New York City?
The name of the governing body of Great Britain.
What is Parliament.
This battle convinced the French to join the war.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Colonists forced to house British soldiers... Massachusetts being taken over by Thomas Gage of Britain, the closing of Boston's port... All were referred to as this.
What is the Intolerable Acts.
This man gave a speech to the Continental Congress calling for war.
Who was Patrick Henry?
These are the names of the original 13 colonies:
What are Massachusetts (Maine was a part of Mass.), Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Georgia, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware.
This group organized by John Adams led protests against the new taxes in Boston.
What is the Sons of Liberty.
This treaty formally ended the war.
What was the Treaty of Paris?