American Revolution #1
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 last battle of The American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown.
Was the turning point of the war, because France helped the Continental Army.
Battle of Saratoga
The first commander-in-chief of the continental army.
George Washington
This treaty officially ended the American Revolution, after the British surrendered.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783
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
He was a spy for the Continental Army
James Armistead
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
What is the geographic feature that tells us where the Proclamation of 1763 is?
Appalachian Mountains
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The beginning part of the Declaration of Independence
What is the Preamble
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
True or False:
The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for wars.
true
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
Commander of the British Army (a.k.a. redcoats)
Charles Corwallis
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What day and year was the DOI approved
July 4, 1776
A colonist that did not takes sides during the American Revolution.
Neutralist
During this encampment, the Continental Army faced cold, starvation and diseases.
What is Valley Forge
Who were the Sons of Liberty
Patriots
These acts were passed by the King and Parliament as a punishment towards the colonists following the Boston Tea Party
What is the the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
What are the Unalienable Rights seen in the DOI
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
The French and Indian War was fought between the _______________ in ________________
The French and British in North America
What were the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies.
Lexington and Concord
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
Boston Tea Party
Was the first meeting of the colonists concerning the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
First casualty of the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
French General that helped the Continental Army.
Marquis de Lafayette
Was the second meeting of the colonists that would create the Olive Branch Petition.
2nd Continental Congress
This person said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Writer of the letter to her husband to "Remember the Ladies"
Abigail Adams