People
Patrick Henry
Important battle is South Carolina that showed cooperation between the Continental Army and Irregular Partisan forces. They tricked the British into thinking they retreated but set them up to be surrounded by the Continental Army.
Cowpens
This event put Britain into deep debt. Because of this event they decided to tax the American Colonies to get back some money they lost in this war.
French and Indian War
To refuse to use.
Boycott
The document that created our country.
Declaration of Independence
Created "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
Final battle of the war! French Navy assisted and blocked the harbor. British troops camped in Virginia waiting for transport. Ultimately surrendered to American forces
Victory at Yorktown
This was the name the Colonists gave the British taxes/acts during this time period
Intolerable Acts
British Government is known as...
Parliament
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
King of England before, during and after the American Revolution
King George III
Turning point of the war. General Gates defeated the British in their attempt to split the colonies at the Hudson Bay.
Saratoga
Which of the following British Acts does not belong:
Quartering Act
Townshend Act
Tea Act
Tax Act
Sugar Act
Tax Act
Colonists decided to ______ British Laws like the Stamp Act. Some colonists made tea pots and signs to show disagreement with the Intolerable Acts.
Protest
Most of the signers of the Declaration were part of this group of Patriots.
Sons of Liberty
Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolution
George Washington
This battle happened before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Known as the "shot heard round the world!"
Lexington and Concord
One of the major causes was that the Colonists did not have anybody who supported them in British Parliament. What was the phrase they used to show they did not want to pay taxes to the British Parliament?
No Taxation Without Representation!
The term used to refer to the President of the United States. George Washington was the first _____-__-_____
Commander-in-Chief
The principal writer of the Declaration of Independence was this man.
Thomas Jefferson
The Frenchman who helped George Washington and the Patriots during the American Revolution.
Marquis deLafayette
Battle of Bunker Hill
This document told colonists after fighting the French and Indian war that they were not allowed to migrate west past the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists signed these to show they were not going to import British goods into the colonies.
Non-importation agreements
The name of the man who also went on Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
William Dawes