Causes & Resistance
Britain began taxing the colonies after the French and Indian War for this reason.
What is to raise money to pay war debts and imperial expenses.
This writer wrote Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
The Patriot attack at Trenton resulted in this.
What is Washington's forces defeated Hessian troops?
This person commanded the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
This ocean separated Britain from its colonies?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The colonists meant this by 'no taxation without representation'.
What is objecting to Parliament taxing them without elected colonial representatives?
These three natural rights are named in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Saratoga considered a turning point because of this reason.
What is the Patriot victory helped convince France to form an alliance.
This European country formed a military alliance with the Americans in 1778.
Who is France?
This bay did French ships control during the Yorktown campaign.
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
These 1775 battles marked the beginning of armed conflict.
What are the Battles of Lexington & Concord?
"Consent of the governed" means this...
What is the government receives its legitimate authority from the people?
The winter at Valley Forge changed the Continental Army in this way.
What is military training improved discipline and effectiveness?
French assistance strengthened the Patriot war effort in these ways.
What is they provided money, supplies, troops, and naval support?
Treaty of Paris of 1783 accomplished this.
What is ending the war between Britain and the United States and recognized American independence.
British taxation and colonial protests helped lead to revolution in this way.
What are protests over political rights and representation, increasing conflict and distrust?
The Declaration of Independence represented a major change in the colonies' relationship with Britain in this way.
What is they declared themselves independent states and rejected British rule?
The Patriot victory at Kings Mountain weaken British plans in the South in this way.
What is Patriot militia defeating Loyalist forces, undermining British hopes of strong Loyalist support.
Washington's forces and the French navy worked together at Yorktown in this way.
What is they surrounded Cornwallis on land, while French naval forces blocked British rescue or escape by sea?
These are examples showing that independence did not create equal freedom for everyone. (name 2)
Slavery continued; women lacked equal political rights; Native nations faced land loss and exclusion from political decisions.