Causes
Great Britain became deeply in debt and needed to pay for troops in North America after what war?
The French and Indian War
Colonist threw 342 chests of British Tea into the Boston Harbor during this event. What was the name of the event?
The Boston Tea Party
What was the name of the group of people that thought the British had become tyrants and supported the Colonist war efforts?
Patriots
Why is the Battle of Saratoga Considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War?
It brought France into the War
In this form of government, power resides with a body of citizens who make laws for the whole. What is this form of government called?
A Republic
The _____________ prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation of 1763
British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing 5, and wounding 6 during this event. What was the name of the event?
The Boston Massacre
On July 4, 1776 the Continental Congress issued the ____________ (why we're divorcing Great Britain).
The Declaration of Independence
In October of 1781, British General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington's army at the Battle of _____________, ending the Revolutionary War.
Yorktown
Some (especially John Adams) worried that a "majority rules" society could endanger a republic and argued a government needed ________________.
Checks and Balances
To slow inflation, Britain enacted the _________________ in 1764, which banned the use of paper money in the colonies.
Currency Act
No taxation without __________ pamphlets were circulated after the Sugar Act was enacted.
Representation
What was the name of the pamphlet that persuaded others that the time had come to declare independence (written by Thomas Pain)?
Common Sense
Small, poorly supplied, inexperienced and the use of guerrilla warfare all describe what army during the Revolutionary War?
The Continental Army
What did Thomas Jefferson write that declared Virginia to no longer have an official church and that the state could not collect taxes for the church?
The Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom
Great Britain enacted the ______________ in response to the Boston Tea Party.
The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
What is the name of the powerful, underground colonial terrorist group that was formed in 1765 in Boston, Massachusetts?
The Sons of Liberty
In 1775, the Second Continental Congress adopted the militia as the Continental Army. Who did they put in charge of the army?
George Washington
Which two towns did the first battles of the Revolutionary War take place ("shot heard around the world") in which the colonists forced the British back to Boston?
Lexington and Concord
Even though the North put slavery on the road to extinction from 1780-1801. The South kept slave labor going for what reason?
The South relied on slave labor to sustain its agricultural economy
Colonist protested the Stamp Act by refusing to _________.
Buy British goods
After the Gaspee Affair, what did the colonies form to communicate with other colonies about British actions?
The Committees of Correspondence
In 1774, delegates met in Philadelphia for the __________. They were divided over wether to compromise or fight and they wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
The First Continental Congress
The British captured ____________ and used it as their headquarters for the rest of the Revolutionary War.
New York City
Even though women made some advances after the Revolutionary War, they still were not included in what ideals?
Ideals of Equality and Liberty