Causes
This war caused Britain to lose a lot of money. To make up for it, they started to outrageously tax the colonies.
What was the French and Indian War?
He had a very famous speech that ended with "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This battle is considered the turning point in the war. It is a town in New York State.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What word means an untrained army of volunteers?
The Continental Army was this.
What is a militia?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This event involved Patriots dressing up like Native Americans and raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is The Boston Tea Party?
This man warned the townspeople that the British were coming at the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Who was Paul Revere?
The city where both Continental Congress' were held.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
This is a form of protesting where people choose NOT to buy goods or services.
What is a boycott?
After colonists boycotted and sent the Declaration of Independence, the British Parliament took away or THIS the Stamp Act. (Vocabulary word)
This flamboyant man was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence and the President of the Second Continental Congress.
Who was John Hancock?
This is the tax act that implemented huge amounts of taxes on a particular drink that the colonies found to be a step too far for Britain.
What is the Tea Act?
This man led the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies.
What is The Atlantic Ocean?
A series of military actions carried out for a certain goal.
What is a campaign?
This was the reason the colonists were so outraged about the amount of taxes. They were being taxed without having any say in the matter. It is a catch phrase type of slogan.
What is Taxation without Representation?
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
Bonus when was it repealed? (Answer on post it on desk)
This British General surrendered at Yorktown.
Who was General Charles Cornwallis?
This is the city in the south that the British wanted to attack before French help arrived for the colonists. (Lesson 5) Name the city and the state.
What was Savannah, Georgia?
The name of the governing body of Great Britain.
What is Parliament?
This famous battle happened in late September and early October and was the turning point of the war.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
British soldiers had ice thrown at them. Shots were fired. Some people died. The colonists blew this way out of proportion by naming the event this.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This African-American was the first one to die in the 'Boston Massacre'.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
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.
What are the Sons of Liberty?
What major cause of the Revolution took place in-between the Stamp Act and the Boston Tea Party? (It took place in Boston)
What is the Boston Massacre?