Causes of the Revolution
Key Events
Important People
Vocabulary
Documents & Ideas
100

This was the main complaint colonists had about taxes from Britain.

 What is taxation without representation?

100

Colonists dumped tea into this harbor.

 What is Boston Harbor?

100

He was the king of England during the Revolution.

 Who is King George III?

100

A colonist who supported independence.

 What is a Patriot?

100

This document declared independence from Britain.

 What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

This law taxed printed materials like newspapers and stamps.

 What is the Stamp Act?

200

This event involved British soldiers shooting colonists.

 What is the Boston Massacre?

200

He warned, “The British are coming!”

 Who is Paul Revere?

200

A colonist who stayed loyal to Britain.

What is a Loyalist?

200

This document begins with “We hold these truths…”

 What is the Declaration of Independence?

300

Colonists refused to buy British goods; this is called this.

What is a boycott?

300

The first battles of the Revolution happened here.

 What are Lexington and Concord?

300

He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.

 Who is Thomas Jefferson?

300

The lawmaking body of Great Britain.

 What is Parliament?

300

This idea means people have rights that cannot be taken away.

 What are natural rights?

400

This slogan showed colonists wanted a say in government.

 What is “No taxation without representation”?

400

This winter camp was very difficult for Washington’s army.

 What is Valley Forge?

400

He was the leader of the Continental Army.

 Who is George Washington?

400

A major change in government.

 What is a revolution?

400

This document came AFTER the Revolution to organize government.

 What is the Constitution?

500

These laws punished Boston after the Tea Party.

 What are the Intolerable Acts?

500

The final major battle of the war.

What is the Battle of Yorktown?

500

He signed the Declaration in very large writing.

 Who is John Hancock?

500

Refusing to buy goods to protest.

What is a boycott?

500

This treaty officially ended the war.

What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?

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