Important Documents
What 3 natural rights are written in the Declaration of Independence?
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Man who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was the last official battle of the American Revolution. Cornwallis surrendered, and the colonists won the war for their independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea where?
What is the Boston Harbor?
These two groups fought both with the Continental and British Army
Who are Native Americans and African Americans?
What are the laws from the British Parliament punishing the colonies for the Boston Tea Party?
What are the Intolerable Acts?
People who supported Great Britain and the king were called this term.
Who are Loyalists?
On April 19, 1775, “the shot heard round the world” occurred when British redcoats clashed with American Minutemen
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
On December 25, 1776, George Washington and his army crossed which New England river?
What is the Delaware River?
This country sent ships and troops to aid the colonists at Yorktown.
What is France?
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
A group of protesters who made speeches against taxes and the British government.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This American Revolutionary War battle was considered the turning point of the war.
What was Saratoga?
The Declaration of Independence ends by stating that the 13 colonies are free from British rule. It renamed the colonies to what?
What are the United States of America?
Besides France, which European countries later joined the war against Britain?
Who are Spain and the Netherlands?
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased the ______ from France. Through this treaty, the United States gained land that doubled the size of the country.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Name of the man who wrote the pamphlet "The Crisis" that helped raise morale when American spirits were low.
Who is Thomas Paine?
In what battle did the “Overmountain Men” inflict a severe defeat on a force of Loyalists?
The Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Kings Mountain
The Siege of Ninety-Six
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
What is The Battle of Kings Mountain?
Washington’s army spent the hard winter of 1777–1778 at what place?
Where is Valley Forge?
Who was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Continental Army?
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
The agreement that ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This general surrendered at Yorktown
Who is Lord Cornwallis?
Washington led his troops across the Delaware River on the night of December 25, 1776, for a victory at this place.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
Name the city where the Continental Congress met
What is:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Baltimore, Maryland
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania
Princeton, New Jersey
German officer who trained the soldiers at Valley Forge.
Who was von Steuben?