Battles
What was the name for the first battle of the war which was caused by the British looking for stock piled ammunition?
Lexington and Concord
What required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac and imposed “stamp duties” or packages of playing cards and dice?
Stamp Act
What was the name of the document which ended the war?
Treaty of Paris
Who was the first to die at the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks-- An African American patriot in Boston
Who dressed as Native Americans and dumped tea in the harbor?
Sons of Liberty
Which battle caused the french to help the Continental Army?
Saratoga
What acts levied duties on imported materials—glass, lead, paint, and paper—as they came into the colonies from Britain. The acts also imposed a three-penny tax on tea, the most popular drink in the colonies.
Townshend Acts
What did the colonists send to King George III in an attempt to make peace?
Olive Branch Petition
Who was the female Paul Revere
Sybil Ludington
What was the war cry of the war?
Which battle occurred on Christmas and victory was NEEDED to boost patriot morale?
Battle of Trenton
Which act was put in place to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
What was the document which freed all colonial slaves in they joined the British army?
Lord Dunmore Proclamation
Which battle did Molly Pitcher help in?
Battle of Monmouth
whats a spinning bee?
when the daughters of liberty would get together to make home spun clothes as to not buy clothes from the british
What song did the British play after the battle of Yorktown
World Turned Upside Down
Which act tied the colonists to parliament in all cases what so ever?
Declaratory Act
What was the name of the pamphlet which helped resolve any colonists doubts about the war?
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
What did Lord Dunmore call the black troops who served for the British under his proclamation?
Ethiopian Regiment
who were the 2 leading rebels in Boston?
Samuel Adams and John Hancock
Which battle was misnamed AND what should it have been named?
Which act required Colonists to house British soldiers?
Quartering Act
What was read to the colonists at Valley Forge to boost their morale?
An American Crisis by Thomas Paine
Which 2 African American men received special distinctions for their service in the Battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill?
Peter Salem and Salem Poor
why did John Adams represent the British in the Boston Massacre trial?
wanted the first trial in america to be a FAIR one