Fame in the Name
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act
Nickname for British Soldiers
What is redcoats
This confrontation that began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the Boston Massacre
During this protest, Patriots showed their anger over the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He was known for the popular cry, "The British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
What was King George's Proclamation of 1763?
King George III declared all lands west of the Appalachian Divide off-limits to colonial settlers.
People in the thirteen colonies who supported independence were called this term.
What are the patriots
This was the place Washington and his soldiers spent Winter, a miserable and deadly place for his men.
What is VALLEY FORGE
This became a famous saying that meant colonists wanted to be part of Parliament.
What was "No taxation without representation"?
Leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
The act where colonists had to provide for salaries, housing, and supplies for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act
Name for the American soldiers that were not rebels
The British sustained many casualties attempting to march up this hill before finally forcing the Americans to retreat
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
When was the Declaration of Independence signed
What is the Second Continental Congress 1776.
Who is the biggest traitor of America
Who is Bendict Arnold
The intolerable acts led to the creation of what
What is the contintenal congress
What was the American colonists response after the Boston Massacure
What is to use it as propoganda
Who fired the first shot at Lexington and Concord?
What is noone knows!
Who did the American dress up during the Boston Tea Party and what did they throw overboard
What is Native Americans and tea
Who wrote the Pamphlet, Common Sense, urging many neutrals that independence from Britain is the best option & helped patriots during Valley Forge
Thomas Paine
The 2 responses to the Townshed Act that placed tax on glass, lead, paint and tea
What is boycotts and daughters of liberty
What are were the 13 colonies not able to expand into due to the Quebec Act
What is the Appalachian Mountains & Ohio Valley
Which series of battles was a major turning point for America
What is the Battle of Saratoga 1777
Group of people worked to protest British rule in extremist ways
What are Sons of Liberty
Who was the British General who surrender at the Battle of Yorktown
Who is General Cornwallis
What was atleast 2 responses to the intolerable acts
What is
It closed the harbor until it was cleaned up
Self-government was denied in Massachusetts
Quartering Act was enforced
They set up the 1st Continental Congress to decide their plan of action.
Name 3 Pros of the Continental Army
They were fighting on their home territory
They wanted INDEPENDENCE
They were excited about the war.
They had a large territory to hide in.
What led to the Surrender of Yorktown
What is they tricked the British and went towards Cornwallis who were confused, low on supplies and many were sick
Another name for the American militia