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The leader of the Continental Army who showed his civic virtue.
Who is George Washington?
The battle that is considered to be the first battle(s) of the American Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord?
What is the Boston Massacre?
What is the French and Indian War?
Samuel Adams is the leader of this radical group supporting independence.
Who is Sons of Liberty?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The battle that is considered to be the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The nickname for the first battle of the American Revolution...
What is... "The shot heard 'round the world?"
This was the act that placed a tax on sugar and molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
This was the saying British colonists used in opposition to taxes imposed by Parliament.
What is "No Taxation without Representation?"
The founding father who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
Not a battle but a tough winter with low morale...
What is Winter at Valley Forge?
The document that ended the fighting of the American Revolution and granted the colonies all the land in the U.S. and made the U.S. independent...
This act placed a tax on all paper goods like playing cards and documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
A peaceful choice to stop buying or using products from a company or country to show disapproval or demand change...
What is a boycott?
The author of Common Sense, a pamphlet encouraging independence from Great Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
The French joined the fight for independence after this major turning point...
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This meeting of delegates in 1774 created militias, and they began to stockpile weapons and gunpowder.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The act that taxed paper, tea, paint, lead and glass?
What is the Townshend Acts?
The deliberate spreading of one-sided information, ideas, or rumors to influence what people think, feel, or do... sometimes through art or ads...
What is propaganda?
This founding father served in the First and Second Continental Congresses, served on the committee for the Declaration of Independence, and later became vice president.
The battle where General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington
What is the Battle of Yorktown...
These acts closed Boston Harbor, prevented town meetings, and sent more troops to the colony of Massachusetts as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Intolerable Acts?
The British colonists were forced to house and feed Redcoats...
What is the Quartering Act?
What is the system that prevented the colonies from trading with other countries?
What is Mercantilism?