Famous Patriots
Courageous general for the Americans who constantly outsmarted the British.
George Washington
This act taxed all printed material.
The Stamp Act
This battle was famous for "the shot heard round the world."
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
This man's son was a Loyalist.
Ben Franklin
The primary cause of the American Revolution.
taxation without representation
He shouted "the British are coming" as he rode out of Boston.
Paul Revere
This act placed a tax on all imported goods.
The Townshend Act
This Army used hit and run tactics.
Americans
This man wanted to fight the revolution with a strong national government.
James Madison
The patriots could be ready to fight at a minutes notice.
minutemen
This German man whipped the American troops into shape.
Frederich von Steuben
This taxed newspapers.
The Stamp Act
British troops captured this coastal town in GA.
Savannah
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
They had the strongest Navy.
The British
This man won an impressive Naval victory and stated when asked to surrender,"I have not yet begun to fight."
John Paul Jones
This lowered the tax on molasses.
The Sugar Act
The Americans surrounded and forced a British surrender with French Naval support at this location in VA.
Yorktown
This man was on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence but did not write it.
John Adams or Ben Franklin
This country provided Naval support for the Americans.
France
This man alerted Paul Revere prior to his famous ride.
Joseph Warren
The Townshend Act placed a tax on these.
Imported Goods
In which non-coastal town in SC did the British win a major victory.
Camden
Who was the 3rd famous member of the group that was charged with writing the Declaration of Independence besides Jefferson and Franklin?
John Adams
In what year was the Treaty of Paris signed?
1783