Causes & Acts
This act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
He was the commander of the Continental Army and later the first president
Who is George Washington?
The document that formally separated the colonies from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1773 act of defiance involved dumping British tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This man wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense".
Who is Thomas Paine?
This phrase represented the colonies' anger over lack of representation in Parliament
What is "No taxation without representation"?
The "shot heard 'round the world" was fired at this location.
What are Lexington and Concord?
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This treaty officially ended the American Revolution in 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This act placed a tax on all paper goods, including newspapers and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act?
This Patriot is famous for his ride to warn that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
People in the thirteen colonies who supported independence were known by this term
What are Patriots
The British King issued this proclamation, forbidding settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
A former British sea captain who became a hero to the American Navy
Who is John Paul Jones?
On Christmas night, 1776, Washington led a surprise attack at this location
What is Trenton?