American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
GEORGE III
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Event:
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists from England and the Native American Indians shared an autumn harvest feast, this is called today.....
Thanksgiving Day
Name of the 27 complaints written in the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress aimed at the king of England
GRIEVANCES
Day of Independence of the American colonies
4th July 1776
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
One of the names of the people that wanted to be free from British rule in 1776.
Colonists/Patriots/Minutemen/Sons of Liberty/Americans/Patriots
This document officially ended the American Revolution as an agreement of peace in 1783.
Treaty of Paris
Ship taken by the first puritan pilgrims from Plymouth (England) to Cabo Cod, Massachusetts in 1620 (the trip lasted for 66 days)
The Mayflower (The Hope flower)
Money to be paid to the British Government for every printed paper.
A penny
What was the RALLYING CRY of the colonists ?
No taxation without representation!!
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and the first president of USA
George Washington
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Name 4 of the 13 colonies
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island
City where the first Continental Congress took place and where it was decided to BOYCOTT (they refused to buy) British goods
Philadelphia
What battle finished the American Revolution?
Yorktown
EVENT: Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships at Boston Harbor and dumped boxes of British tea into the ocean
Boston Tea Party
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists throwing snowballs and stones, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing some colonists
Boston Massacre
British politician who passed several Acts to tax the purchase of lead, glass, tea and paint in the 13 colonies.
Townshend
Tell two of the 3 main weapons used in the American Revolution
Muskets, rifles, swords, bayonets, and cannons
What 3 countries supported the American colonists in their War of Independence?
France, Spain and Holland
The first 2 battles of the American War of Independence
Lexington and Concord
Name of a silversmith and patriot who became a national hero for his "Midnight Ride" to warn colonial militia of a British advance before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revére
These acts closed the Boston Harbour until colonists
paid for the tea which had been destroyed in the Boston Tea Party and took away the self-government of the colonists in Boston.
Intolerable Acts
Name of the British people that became servants and worked for free in America for about 4 to 7 years to pay back the money for their passage to America.
INDENTURED SERVANTS