Battles
First shots fired of the American Revolution.
What is Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Event where taxes were being raised on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
The Colonists did this by refusing to buy stamps.
What is Boycott?
Who are the Patriot Troops?
He went on a late-night ride to warn of the British's arrival.
Who is Paul Revere?
Captured with no shots fired.
What is the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga?
Event where Americans, disguised as Indians, threw crates of tea overboard.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A river or stream that flows into a larger river.
What is a Tributary?
They had more troops.
Who are the British?
A person that supported the Revolution.
Who is a Patriot?
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Event that began as a riot between American colonists and a British soldier. Escalated quickly and involved lots of bloodshed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Document that said the colonies were independent of British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
They were trained to fight on open battlefields.
Who are the British?
He wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Last major battle. Unofficial end to the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The war that caused the British to raise taxes due to the high cost.
What is the French and Indian War?
Document that said that Great Britain recognized American independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The colonists fought them during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Great Britain?
The General that came up with a 'bold new plan'.
Who is General George Washington?
Turning point of the war.
What is Battle of of Saratoga?
Colonists were not happy with the unfair British laws so they created this.
What is the 1st Continental Congress?
Document that stated that all land west of the Appalachian Mountains was set aside for Native Americans groups.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
One weakness of this group was that they were fighting far from home.
Who is the British Army?
Person who signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776 (Also known as Independence Day).
Who is John Hancock?