People of the Revolution
Name of the King of England during the American Revolution
Who is King George III
What is the name of the law the King enforced against colonists traveling west of the Appalachian mountains?
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Which document told the world that America wanted to break away from England?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What was the name of the war that drained Englands finances?
What was the French and Indian War?
What was the name of the first victim killed at the Boston Massacre?
Who was Crispus Attucks?
Cause: The King of England spent almost all of the Kingdom's finances fighting the French over the Ohio River Valley.
Effect: England was low on money, and turned to tax the colonists to make their money back.
This person was selected as Commander in Chief during the 2nd Continental Congress
Who is George Washington?
What happened when colonists boycotted the Stamp Act?
The English government repealed the Act.
What is the name of the paperwork that the King signed that forbid colonists from moving West of the Appalachian Mountains?
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
What was the Stamp Act?
What was the Boston Tea Party?
How did Colonists feel about the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists didn't like it, and some moved anyway.
This man is credited for writing most of the Declaration of Independence.
What happened when the Sons of Liberty through expensive amounts of tea in the Boston Harbor?
England enforced the Intolerable Acts.
What was the name of the plan that Benjamin Franklin put together in order to get the colonies to unite and fight against France?
What was the Albany Plan of the Union?
What did the Townshend Act charge taxes on?
LGPPT: Lead Glass Paper Paint Tea
Where were the first shots heard around the world?
How did Paul Revere's drawing of the Boston Massacre affect Colonists?
The image escalated bad feelings towards England.
Credited for being a skilled sailor who helped the colonies fight against the British Navy
Who is John Paul Jones?
Mercantilism means England controlled all parts of trade for the colonies. As a result, some started smuggling goods from other countries.
England passed "Writs of Assistance" which allowed English soldiers to search Colonists with King's permission.
What was the name of the Act where soldiers were moved into homes of the colonists?
What was the Quartering Act?
How much did England buy The Ohio River Valley for from France?
Britain didn't pay for the Ohion River Valley; They won its territory from warfare.
Where was the turning point of the war, where France joined forces with the Colonists to fight England?
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Cause: The Sons of Liberty destroyed expensive amounts of Tea
Effect: England established the Intolerable Acts to close ports and negatively impact the Colonists.
Who was the spy who brought secret plans from British troops & helped defeat General Cornwallis in the Battle of Yorktown?
Who is James Armistead?
What happened after England established the Stamp Act?
Colonists boycotted and England repealed the tax.
Thomas Paine wrote a Pamphlet called _____ that was meant to encourage Loyalists to join the Patriot efforts.
What was Common Sense?
Mercantilism is:
strictly controlled colonial trade
What did Cornwallis do this at the Battle of Yorktown?
General Cornwallis was surrounded. He surrendered.
How did France's support help the colonists during the American Revolution?
At the Battle of Saratoga it causes a turning point in America's favor.
Who was the General who was surrounded, and surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown?
Who is General Cornwallis?
What was the chant that colonists shouted when they protested in response to not having the ability to choose their own elected representative?
What is "No Taxation without Representation?"
What was the name of the paperwork announcing American Freedom from England once and for all?
What was the Treaty of Paris 1783?
True or False: Colonists faced much lower taxes than citizens in mainland Britain.
True
What did English Representatives sign in order to grant America their final freedom?
What was the Treaty of Paris 1783?
After General Cornwallis is surrounded at Chesapeak Bay....what happens next?
General Cornwallis surrendered, and later a treaty is signed that frees America from British rule.