Important People
A leader in declaring independence from England
Who is John Adams?
Tariff on sugar and molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
Document stating the grievances of the colonists.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
A song that British troops sang to mock colonists.
What is Yankee Doodle?
Years of the French and Indian War.
What is 1754-1763?
Who is George Washington?
A tariff on newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
The new nation that emerged after the Revolutionary war.
What is the formation of the United States?
A motto that reminded people of why they wanted to revolt.
What is 1773?
What are The Patriots?
Tariff on glass, lead, and paint.
What is the Townshend Act?
Ideas that colonists held after the American Revolution.
What are ideas of liberty and equality?
What is a Grievance?
The years of the American Revolution
What is 1775-1783?
The people who supported staying loyal to England
What are the Loyalists?
A protest where people boarded ships and dumped tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What are national symbols?
A poem illustrating how people were alerted to the British troops.
What is Paul Reveres Ride by Longfellow?
The Year the Declaration of Independence.
What is 1776?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is The French and Indian War?
Something the citizens of the United states did after the American revolution.
What is the increase of government participation?
Another name for The French and Indian War
What is The seven Years War?
The date the Treaty of Paris was signed.
What is September 3, 1783?