Battles
This battle showed Americans could stand up to the British, even though they lost.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Slogan that reflected colonists’ anger about not having a voice in Parliament.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
This act taxed molasses and sugar.
What is the sugar act
Wrote the declaration of independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Declared the colonies’ independence from Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Washington crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack here
What is the Battle of Trenton (and Princeton)?
Colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped tea into Boston Harbor during this protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party
This act required colonists to pay a tax on printed paper goods.
What is the stamp act
Leader of the “Swamp Fox” guerrilla fighters in the South.
Who is Francis Marion?
This 1783 agreement officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This battle convinced France to join the war on the American side.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
In 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This act stated Britain could make laws binding the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
What is the declaratory act?
American naval captain who said, “I have not yet begun to fight!”
Who is John Paul jones
At this winter camp, Washington’s troops suffered but grew stronger under training.
What is Valley Forge?
Washington set up cannons here, forcing the British to evacuate Boston.
What are Dorchester Heights?
He rode to warn colonists that “the British are coming” before Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere
This series of laws punished Boston after the Tea Party by closing the harbor.
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
Patriot who helped secure the Northwest Territory with victories at Kaskaskia and Vincennes.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
This document recognized U.S. borders and granted rights to trade west of the colonies.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)
The final major battle where British General Cornwallis surrendered.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The first battle of the Revolutionary War, known as “the shot heard ’round the world.”
What is Lexington and Concord?
These allowed British officials to search colonists’ homes without a warrant.
What are Writs of Assistance (Townshend Acts)?
Became governor of Massachusetts after the Coercive Acts.
Who is General Thomas Gage?
These committees were set up to share information among colonies about British laws and threats.
What are the Committees of Correspondence?