Battles
This is what the Battle of Lexington was known as.
What is the "shot heard round the world?"
This person was appointed as the general for the continental army.
Who was George Washington?
What was the Sugar Act (1764)?
This is the way in which the constitution says we elect our president.
This important document was adopted on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This was the significance of the Battle of Yorktown.
What is the last major battle of the American Revolution that caused Cornwallis to surrender?
Paul Revere is known for saying this phrase.
What is "the British are coming?"
This act required a stamp on all legal documents, newspapers, and cards.
What was the Stamp Act (1765)?
This compromise created a bicameral legislature with both equal representation and representation based on population.
What was Roger Sherman's Great Compromise?
This important document was signed on September 3, 1783 and it signified the end of the American Revolution.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
The Battle of Bunker hill showed this about the colonists.
What is their ability to compete with the British?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence and served as the third president of the United States.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The Coercive Acts (1774) were put in place for this reason.
What was the punishment of the colonists living in Massachusetts, specifically the Bostonians, for the Boston Tea Party?
This plan sought to have a unicameral legislature that had completely equal representation.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
This convention was held in May of 1787 in Philadelphia in Independence Hall.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
This is the reason the Battle of Saratoga was considered the 'turning point' in the Revolutionary War.
What was the first decisive colonial victory that caused the French to aid in the war?
Cornwallis was a British General. This was the battle that urged him to surrender.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
The Tea Acts (1773) allowed a monopoly over tea for this company.
What was the British East India Company?
This allowed slaves to be represented in the census.
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
The battle known as the "shot heard round the world" occurred when.
What was April of 1775?
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse caused this to happen to the British troops.
What is loosing 1/4 of their men causing the need to rest and get more troops, leading them to move to the Virginia coast?
What were the Sons of Liberty?
The Townshend Acts (1767) put a tax on these materials.
What was glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea?
This compromise said that slave trading could be banned in 20 years and there would be no tax on exports.
What was the Slave Trade Compromise?
The Battle of Bunker Hill showed the strength of the colonies. It occurred at this date.
What was June of 1775?