Revolution
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III.
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
The battle in which Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised 1,000 German soldiers
Trenton
The First Continental Congress sent King George what list?
Declaration of Grievances
What document officially ended the American Revolution?
The Treaty of Paris 1783
This act closed the port of Boston until the Tea lost from the Boston Tea Party was paid for.
Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
This was the first battle of the American Revolution
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
This was the Massachusetts militia
minutemen
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Someone who was loyal to King George
Loyalist
This document officially separated America from England
The Declaration of Independence
What lawyer defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for debt from which war?
French and Indian War
The nickname given to British soldiers
Redcoats
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
During this event, people dressed as Native Americans and boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Who was the President of the Second Continental Congress?
John Hancock
Name the type of warfare that the Patriots used during the Battle of Saratoga
Guerilla warfare
What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?
The American colonists couldn't settle land past the Appalachian Mountains
Who were the Sons of Liberty
Patriots who protested British tax policy
What was the event that left 5 unarmed colonist dead?.
Boston Massacre
what pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine and sold 150,000 copies and advocated for America to be free of England?
Common Sense
The French and Indian War was fought between what two groups?
The French and British
Who helped the Patriots by helping the war effort with supplies and blockaids in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River?
Bernardo de Galvez
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
Who has the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
This country became America's greatest ally during the revolution?
France
Where did Washington's troops spend a hard winter in 1777?
Valley Forge
This was the final battle of the American Revolution
The Battle of Yorktown
What battle is known as the "Shot heard 'round the world?"
Lexington and Concord
This battle was the turning point of the war?
The Battles of Saratoga
What were 2 ways in which colonists resisted taxes?
protests and boycotts