Causes
Complaints about the King and Great Britain made by the colonists.
What are grievances?
The intolerable acts and quartering troops caused this group to gather
What is the First Continental Congress?
Written and signed in 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The battle where the quote "The shot heard around the world" comes from.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
He is the current President of the U.S.
Who is Joe Biden?
This act put taxes on official documents
What is the Stamp Act?
This person wrote Common Sense and it gave colonists the idea of independence.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This document was signed and ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This Frenchman assisted in the battle at Valley Forge
Who is Marquis De Lafayette?
She is the current Vice President and a candidate for President in the 2024 election
Who is Kamala Harris?
Colonists were upset about this because they did not have any representatives to help make these laws.
What is taxation without representation or tyranny?
This thinker gave Thomas Jefferson the idea of unalienable rights
Who is John Locke?
This was written in response to the Boston Tea Party
What are the coercive or intolerable acts?
This location was chosen for battle because it was far away enough that a surprise attack would be unlikely
Battle at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Who is Donald Trump?
After defending the colonies in the French and Indian War, Great Britain felt colonists should pay for this.
What is debt?
Said the famous "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
The Treaty of Paris made this the new border of the U.S.
What is the Mississippi River?
At this battle, the British surrendered due to this.
What is the French Navy?
This televised event showed two candidates in a heated conversation about how they would run the country
What is the presidential debate?
This law prevented colonists from moving west and forced more control over the colonies
What is the Proclamation of 1763
These rights were included on the Declaration of Independence and could not be taken away by the government
What are unalienable rights?
These three rights were on the Declaration of Independence, written by John Locke, cannot be taken away, and are protected by the government
What is Life, liberty, and property?
This country sent aid to assist in colonists winning the Battle of Saratoga by sending weapons and money.
Who is France?
Every four years, citizens vote during this MONTH for our presidential candidate
What is November?