American Revolution #1
What is the Stamp Act?
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
During the French and Indian War, he gradually took on more responsibility and leadership. Crossed the Delaware to fight the Hessians. He was the head of the continental army.
George Washington?
What were the Intolerable Acts?
Quartering Act
Administration of Justice Act
Quebec Act
Boston Port Act
Massachusetts Government Act
The date that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
July 4, 1776.
He was known for the popular cry, "The British are coming!" He was from Boston. He was a silversmith.
Paul Revere
After Thomas Paine published Common Sense, many colonists urged;
a. independence from the British
b. compromise with the British
c. allegiance to the king
d. changes to the Declaration of Independence
A. Independence from the British
He said, "I have not yet begun to fight"
John Paul Jones
True or False:
Benjamin Franklin wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
False. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft.
True or False:
The French and the Italians both aided the American war effort.
False. The French and the Spanish
The agreement that ended the Revolutionary war
Treaty of Paris of 1783
The French were fighting the British for control of land in the Ohio Valley. Some Native American tribes fought with the British and others fought with the French. What war was this?
French and Indian War
Who were two foreign (from another country) soldiers that helped train at Valley Forge?
Marquis de Lafayette and Baron Von Stueben
True or False:
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 officially named the United States of America as a new country.
True
Money that is owed to someone is called ____.
debt
Another word for a British soldier?
Redcoat
A group of protesters who made speeches against taxes and the British government.
Sons of Liberty
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Most Americans on the frontier who took a side in the Revolutionary War supported-
a. the Patriots
b. the British
c. the Native Americans
d. the Spanish
A. The Patriots
True or False:
The Declaration of Independence ends by stating that the 13 colonies are free from British rule. It renamed the colonies the United States of America.
True
There were a group of ________ (#)colonies of Great Britain on the Atlantic coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries which declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America
thirteen
Who warned the British were coming in Boston?
Paul Revere
People in the thirteen colonies who supported independence were called this term.
Patriots
Who authored Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?
No Taxes without Representation in Parliament
OR
No taxing without the ability to vote on who is taxing us
To protest something by refusing to buy, use, or participate.
boycott