At the end of the Declaration of Independence, the colonists officially declared this.
What is that the United States was officially its own country?
To pay for the French and Indian War, Parliament did this.
What is tax the colonists?
This group dressed as Natives and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
This was a tax on all paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
The Battle of Trenton took place during this holiday celebration by the Hessians.
What is Christmas?
This was the primary goal of the Declaration of Independence.
What is to encourage other countries and fellow colonists to join the fight?
This geographic feature can be seen here and is represented by the red line.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This many people died as a result of the Boston Massacre.
What is 5?
These are rights all people are born with.
What are unalienable rights?
This is the song that the Redcoats sang to make fun of the Continental Army, but the colonists adopted it as their unofficial song.
What is Yankee Doodle?
The Declaration of Independence contained this many grievances against King George III and Parliament.
What is 27?
The colonists were upset because they were being taxed but were not able to do this, a right to any British citizen.
What is vote?
This was the result on colonists of Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre.
What is it made them angrier at Britain?
These required colonists to house British soldiers.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This person became Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This person's signature can be prominently seen on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
The Line of Proclamation (established by the Proclamation of 1763) prevented colonists from moving west of these.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This was the group of militia who was ready to fight quickly, even in the middle of the night.
Who were the minutemen?
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, this was closed until all of the money lost was repaid by the colonists.
What is the Boston Harbor?
This patriot fought in the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington?
This document officially established the United States of America.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The colonists did not get to vote or have a say in Parliament's decisions, so they felt their rights had been violated because a lack of this.
What is consent of the governed?
The Boston Tea Party was a revolt against this act by Parliament.
What is the Tea Act?
This was the result of England's concern that colonists were planning to move west after the French and Indian War, making it harder to control them.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This battle was the turning point of the war, because it won French military support and boosted Americans' morale.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?