Leaders- Both Sides
Mean and bossy King who started the war
King George III
What Country did the American Colonists fight in the Revolutionary War?
Great Britian
What was it called when Colonists dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
Paper that Thomas Jefferson wrote it in Philadelphia, It told King George that colonists should be free.
Declaration of Independence
What did Paul Revere do to help the colonists?
Warned the colonists that the British were coming
Colonist, Leader of the army, First President of America
George Washington
Term for Colonists who fought for freedom
Patriots
War Between England and France before the Revolution, England won
French and Indian War
City where the Continental Congress met and the Declaration of Independence was signed
Philadelphia
What does: No taxation without representation mean?
Colonists felt that the British taxes were unfair because they had no leaders in the government.
British leader, gave up to George Washington at Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
People who still supported the British
Loyalists
First fight/battle of the war
Lexington and Concord
What date was the Declaration of Independence Signed?
July 4, 1776
Secret group of colonists who led the Boston Tea party
Sons of Liberty
A colonist who spied for the British
Benedict Arnold
Said, “Give me liberty or Give me Death” A Leader of the First Continental Congress
Patrick Henry
Final Battle of the American Revolution
Yorktown
Meeting of the Colonists, they started the army at this meeting
2nd Continental Congress
A writing that said America should be free, by Thomas Paine
Common Sense
He wrote about freedom in "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
Inventor/Scientist who wrote to make America free- helped America to get the French on their side
Benjamin Franklin
Name the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
Building in Washington, DC where you can see the Declaration of Independence today
National Archives Building
This act made the Colonists mad- it required that taxes be paid on newspapers and birth certificates
Stamp Act