Revolutionary Vocabulary
This is a person who betrays his or her country
What is a traitor?
This war, fought between Great Britain and France, led to new taxes on the colonists.
The French and Indian War
This meeting took place in Philadelphia to decide if colonists should keep protesting and prepare for war.
What is the First Continental Congress?
These two battles in Massachusetts were the very beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This man was the general of the continental army, and never smiled in pictures because he was embarrassed of his false teeth.
Who is George Washington?
This is a colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain and the King
What is a loyalist?
After the French and Indian War, King George did not allow colonists to settle land west of this mountain range.
What are the Appalachian mountains
This meeting focused on planning a war with Britain and whether the colonies should become independent.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
Britain fought hard to control this colony because it was in the middle and could split the states into two.
What is New York?
Outmanned, outgunned, outnumbered. This describes the strength of this army that the colonists were up against.
What is the British army?
This is a person in the colonies who supported independence from Great Britain.
What is a loyalist?
To protest a tax on tea, colonists dumped crates of this into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This important letter was written to the King of Britain, explaining why the colonists wanted freedom.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This battle is known as the turning point of the war because it convinced France and Spain to help the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This American war hero later became known as a traitor for planning to tell the British about West Point's defenses.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
This British law made colonists pay taxes on all newspapers and other printed items.
What is the stamp act?
This phrase expressed the colonists' anger about taxes without having elected representatives in the British government.
What is "No Taxation without Representation!"?
Known as the "city of brotherly love" and having held both continental congresses, this city is located in Pennsylvania.
What is the city of Philidelphia?
After the Battle of Saratoga, these two European countries began to help the Americans with soldiers, supplies, and money.
Who are the French and Spanish?
This ordinary American helped the Patriots by burning her own crops so the British couldn't eat them.
Who was Catherine Schuyler?
This formal agreement made peace between Britain and the American colonies, which now became the United States of America!
What is the treaty of Paris?
This group of elected officials in Great Britain passed new tax laws to raise money from the colonies.
What is parliament?
He wrote the declaration of independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This battle ended the Revolution.
What is the battle of Yorktown?
This young woman rode to warn American soldiers that the British were approaching their towns.
Who was Sybil Ludington?