Before the Revolution
In 1773, colonists protested the Tea Act by dumping tea into Boston Harbor in this famous event.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain were called this.
Who are the Patriots?
The first battles of the Revolution in 1775 were fought at Lexington and this Massachusetts town.
What is Concord?
As colonists spread onto American Indian homelands, conflicts grew over control of this.
What is land?
This 1764 law made colonists pay for an official stamp on paper items like newspapers and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
As president of the Continental Congress, he was the first to sign the Declaration, and his name was the largest.
Who is John Hancock?
This nickname for British soldiers come from the color of their uniforms.
Who are the Redcoats?
In 1781, British General Cornwallis surrendered at this Virginia town, ending the major fighting.
What is Yorktown?
What is the French and Indian War
When colonists refused to buy British goods as a peaceful protest, they were doing this.
What is a boycott?
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on this day in 1776.
What is July 4, 1776?
Colonists who stayed faithful to the king and opposed the rebellion were also called these, or Tories.
Who are the Loyalists?
In June 1775, the Patriots fought the British near Boston at this battle, named for a hill.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Britain won the French and Indian War, but its huge war debt led it to do this to the colonists, which made them angry.
What is tax them?
After the Boston Tea Party, Britain punished the colonies with these harsh 1774 laws, which pushed colonists closer to the revolution.
What are the Coercive Acts?
This is the number of people that signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is 56?
These colonial fighters were ready to defend their towns "at a minute's notice."
Who are the Minutemen?
This 1777 Patriot victory in New York convinced France to join the war on the Patriots' side.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Built in 1756 as a British alliance with the Cherokee against France, this fort in present-day Tennessee was attacked by the Cherokee in 1760 as trust broke down.
What is Fort Loudon?
Of boycotts, letter writing, and this, it was the only form of protest that used violence against people.
What is tarring and feathering?
Today we still celebrate the Declaration because it says a government gets its power from this.
What is the people?
This person rode his horse through Boston and famously said, "The British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
This place, located in Pennsylvania, is where George Washington took his troops to recover and make new plans.
What is Valley Forge?