Key Words
Another word for freedom is ___________
Liberty
This event was when the colonists dressed as Mohawk Natives and threw tea into the Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
What important document was written to tell King George III that the colonies wanted to be free?
The Declaration of Independence
The Patriot who made the Midnight Ride.
Paul Revere
This famous woman served water to soldiers on the battlefield, and even helped to fight along with them.
Molly Pitcher
The nickname of the colonial soldiers who had to be ready to fight very quickly.
Minutemen
This Battle was really fought on Breed's Hill.
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
The General of the colonial army and 1st president of the United States of America.
George Washington
This war was very expensive for King George III and led to him enforcing "Sneaky Taxes" on the colonists.
The French and Indian War
The nickname of the British soldiers.
Redcoats
The first battles of the American Revolution took place in these two Massachusetts towns.
Lexington and Concord
This document begins with the words "We the People of the United States..."
The Constitution (preamble)
The man who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence and became the 3rd president of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson
The colonists wanted to end "taxation without ____________"
Representation
What is another word for the colonists who wanted to be free from England?
Patriots
The last battle of the American Revolution and the British surrender took place in this town in Virginia.
Yorktown
What document was written to create the new form of government and united the states together?
The Constitution
A patriot and inventor who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac.
Benjamin Franklin
This meeting brought together the leaders of each of the colonies and united them in their quest for freedom from England.
First Continental Congress
What is another word for colonists who supported England?
Loyalists or Tories
George Washington led his troops across the Delaware on Christmas morning and captured 1,000 Hessians in this battle.
Trenton
The patriot who signed the Declaration of Independence large enough for King George III to read without his spectacles.
John Hancock
This English law put a tax on important colonial documents like birth certificates and marriage licenses.
The Stamp Act