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What 13 places had to follow Britain's laws even though they were far away?
What are the 13 colonies.
What is a law made by the British government that taxed goods, such as sugar, coffee, and cloth, that were brought into the American colonies?
What is the Sugar Act.
Who led the colonies to victory against Great Britain by making important decisions, inspiring his soldiers, and fighting in many battles?
Who is George Washington
Who disguised herself as a man and fought in the American Revolution?
Who is Deborah Samson?
What took place in 1773?
What is the Boston Tea Party.
Who are the People living in America under British rule before the U.S. became its own country?
Who are the colonists.
What was a law made that taxes goods such as newspapers, playing cards, and even legal documents?
What is the Stamp act.
Who is best known for writing the Declaration of Independence, which explained why the American colonies wanted to break away from Great Britain.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
Who wrote her husband letters encouraging him to fight for women's rights and independence from Britain?
Who is Abigail Adams.
What took place in 1775?
What was the phrase used by American colonists to protest taxation without colonial representation in Parliament?
What is "No taxation without representation".
What were a group of strict laws made by the British government to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
What are the Intolerable Acts.
Who helped the American colonies by convincing France to support them in the war against Great Britain? He also helped write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Benjamin Franklin.
Who worked as a spy for the American side during the Revolution and gathered important information that helped the Americans win the Battle of Yorktown?
Who is James Armistead Lafayette.
What was created in 1776?
What is the Declaration of Independence.
What was the protest that involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor to oppose the Tea Act?
What was the Boston Tea Party.
What was a rule made by the British that said the American colonists could only buy tea from one British company?
What is the Tea Act
Who is best known for his "midnight ride" in 1775, when he rode through the countryside to warn the American colonists that British soldiers were coming to Lexington and Concord?
Who is Paul Revere.
Who took over her husband's role when he was injured and carried water to the soldiers to keep them hydrated?
Who is Molly Pitcher.
What happened in 1781?
What is the British Surrendered.
What is the government of Great Britain that makes the country’s laws?
What were the laws made by the British government that put taxes on things the American colonists used every day, like glass, paper, paint, and tea?
What are the Townshend Acts.
Who helped lead the fight for American independence by organizing protests, speaking out against British laws, and helping plan the Boston Tea Party?
Who is Samuel Adams.
Who crossed the Delaware with George Washington and supported the fight for freedom and fought for the rights of African Americans to be free?
What was signed in 1783?
What is the Treaty of Paris.