Causes of the Revolution
Another term for the Seven Years War
What is the French and Indian War?
This important ally helped make victory possible
What is France?
This term means a rise in prices and it was caused by printing too much money
What is inflation?
Leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
A bakers dozen, or the number of US states in 1783
What is 13
The term for illegally sneaking goods into a country
What is smuggling?
The major turning point of the war
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris
Who is Paul Revere?
The number of British troops sent to America to enforce taxes and the Proclamation line
What is 10,000
This law put a tax on playing cards
What is the Stamp Act?
The term for the experiences and sacrifices of ordinary citizens in a war
What is the home front?
The western boundary of the United States recognized after the war
What is the Mississippi River?
The British Monarch during the revolution
Who is King George III
The number of sailors on a British ship of the line
What is between 600 and 800 sailors
The natural boundary used for the Proclamation of 1763
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
The Continental Army spent a difficult winter encamped here
What is Valley Forge?
The reason pirates became more of a threat after the war
What is the British Navy no longer protected American shipping?
Who is John Hancock?
The number of chests of tea dumped into Boston Harbor
What is 342
The first fighting of the American Revolution happened here
What are Lexington and Concord?
These two large American cites were captured by the British
What are New York and Philadelphia?
Many of these people moved to Canada after the war
Who are the loyalists?
She famously reminded her husband to not forget the ladies
Who is Abigail Adams?
High estimate of the number of Americans killed in the Revolutionary War
What is 70,000