Causes & Terms
This phrase means refusing to buy goods to protest and was used by colonists against British policies.
Boycott
In 1773 colonists dumped chests of tea into a harbor to protest a tea monopoly; name that event.
What is The Boston Tea Party?
He was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The harsh winter camp where American soldiers suffered cold, hunger, and disease.
What is Valley Forge?
Name the reason Britain taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War.
To pay war debt from the French and Indian War (or to pay British war debts).
A legal document that let British officials search homes or businesses without a normal warrant.
What is a writ of assistance?
In 1770 British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, killing colonists. What is this event called?
What is the Boston Massacre?
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The battle in 1777 that became the turning point because it convinced France to join the American side.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Give one of the three "unalienable rights" listed in the Declaration of Independence.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
The colonial slogan expressing anger about being taxed by Parliament without an elected voice.
What is "Taxation Without Representation"?
The first battles of the Revolutionary War in April 1775, often named together.
What is the Battle of Lexington & Concord?
British king during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III ?
The location where British General Cornwallis surrendered with help from the French Navy.
What is Yorktown?
Name one way the Revolution affected women at home during the war.
They managed farms and businesses (or ran households); Abigail Adams advocated for women's rights.
The word for someone who acts against their government; colonial leaders risked this when declaring independence.
What is treason?
The 1763 order that stopped colonists from moving west after the French and Indian War.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The Congress that selected Washington and created the Continental Army. (Name it.)
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The river that became the western border of the United States after the Treaty of Paris (1783).
What is the Mississippi River?
Name one type of help France provided to the Americans after Saratoga.
France provided soldiers, warships, money, weapons, gunpowder, and supplies.
The 1765 law that taxed paper items like newspapers, deeds, and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act?
The 1783 agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
The colonial woman who asked leaders to "remember the ladies" and pushed for consideration of women's rights.
Who is Abbigail Adams?
The event described as “The Shot Heard ’Round the World” — where did it occur?
What are Lexington and Concord?
After the war many Loyalists left the United States. Name one place many Loyalists moved to.
They moved to Canada or Britain.