Road to Revolution
For most American colonists, the problem was this: Taxation without .....
What was representation?
These were the first battles of the American Revolution.
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
General of the Continental Army after the Battle of Bunker Hill until the end of the war.
Who was George Washington?
Washington crossed this river on the evening of Christmas, 1776.
What was the Delaware?
Radical Bostonian responsible for the Boston Tea Party... maybe he'd been drinking?
Who was Sam Adams?
This was the reason England had been raising taxes on the colonists - to pay off war debt from this war.
What was the French and Indian War (or the "Seven Years War")
This was the last battle of the American Revolution, which led to the surrender of British forces and the birth of a new nation.
What was the Siege of Yorktown?
He was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The name given to German mercenaries hired by the English.
What are Hessians?
He was an American hero who helped capture Fort Ticonderoga and beat the British at the Battle of Saratoga... then he betrayed his country.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
March... Boston... 1770... outside an English Customs House, English troops fire into a riotous mob of Bostonians, killing 5 people.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This battle was fought in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in June of 1778. It was the longest single day battle of the war.
What was the Battle of Monmouth?
An important statesman and ambassador to France, he also helped with the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and served in the Continental Congress.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The name given to those American militia-men who were considered the best, and could be ready at a moments notice.
What were the Minute Men?
Prussian General who whipped the Americans into a disciplined fighting force during the winter of 1777-1778.
Who was Baron Friedrich Von Steuben?
This legislation passed by Parliament was a DIRECT TAX placed on all paper products purchased by the colonists.
What was the Stamp Act?
This battle, fought in upstate New York in October of 1777, was considered the turning point of the American Revolution.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
A respectable Boston lawyer and farmer by trade, whose radical cousin was responsible for the Boston Tea Party.
Who was John Adams?
This Battle had many different names, it was a huge loss for George Washington, and it featured the largest British invasion force in history.
What was the Battle of New York (or the Battle of Manhattan, The Battle of Brooklyn, The Battle of Brooklyn Heights, The Battle of Long Island, etc.)?
This young Frenchman believed in the ideas of democracy the American colonists were fighting for, and fought along Washington throughout the war.
Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, the King of England passed this series of legislation which closed the port of Boston, suspended all local government, and put the colony of Massachusetts under martial law.
What were the "Intolerable Acts"?
This battle was a failed defense of the city of Philadelphia.
What was the Battle of Brandywine Creek?
President of the Continental Congress, he was also the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Hancock?
This law basically stated that the King of England had the right to pass any kind of law he wanted because... well, he was the King, right?
What was the Declaratory Act?
He was the British General who surrendered at Yorktown (although he had one of his staff surrender for him).
Who was Lord Charles Cornwallis?