People
Esteemed Continental (American) General who later becomes President.
George Washington
The First battle of the Revolution, often referred to as "The Shot Heard 'round the World".
Lexington and Concord
This Act taxed sweet products.
Sugar Act
Uh-oh, there's people throwing boxes of drinks off of a ship into the harbour! What are you witnessing?
The Boston Tea Party
A famous son of Liberty. Failed businessman, bar owner, and cousin on a future president
Sam Adams
He said, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
Patrick Henry
The last battle of the Revolution
Yorktown
This group of acts included things like the quartering act. People could not tolerate them!
Intolerable Acts
Paul Revere gets all of the credit for this event, even though he got arrested.
Midnight Ride/The British are Coming
This woman helped deliver water to the battlefield but then began shooting canons
Molly Pitcher
A group of men set on starting a revolution. Their flag was a broken snake that read, "Join or Die"
Sons of Liberty
This Battle technically had a British Victory, but the British had way more deaths than the Americans
Bunker Hill
These Acts taxed sugar, paper, lead, glass, and many other things
Townshend Acts
This was signed on July 4, 1776
Decleration of Independence
Benedict Arnold
American Spy who was hung by the British. His famous last words were, "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country"
Nathan Hale
This is the fort that the Green Mountain Boys raided and captured in Vermont
Fort Ticonderoga
The first major violent encounter of the revolution
Boston Massacre
The signing of this document in 1781 was the official end to the war.
Treaty of Paris
Which countries aided America in the war?
France, Prussia, Spain
The first official death for the Patriot cause, he died in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
Washington conducted an ambush on Christmas by crossing this river.
Delaware River
This document allowed British soldiers to search any ship
Writ of Assistance
This act made people living in the western backcountry move east of the Appalachians
Proclamation of 1763
The one tribe that sided with the Americans
The Mohawk