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This 1773 law gave the East India Company control over the tea market in the colonies.
What is the Tea Act?
This Virginia politician was tasked with writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
These two skirmishes were the first of the American Revolution, including the "Shot heard 'round the world".
What is Lexington and Concord?
This Virginian was appointed by Congress to be the Commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
True or False: America agreed to repay all debts owed to Britain.
True.
This 1763 law was passed to try and prevent conflict between Native Americans and colonists by preventing colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The Declaration of Independence was signed in this major city and it served as the American capital for the majority of the war.
What is Philadelphia?
Cornwallis's surrender following this battle was the last major battle of the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This British General missed several opportunities to capture Washington during the Battle of New York and his decision to capture Philadelphia led to his removal.
Who is William Howe?
After the war the British officially recognized the independence of this nation.
What is the United States?
This 1774 law was meant to punish the colonies, especially Massachusetts, for the Boston Tea Party and eventually led to the start of the revolution.
What is the Coercive Acts? (Or Intolerable Acts).
Thomas Jefferson took John Locke's ideas that all people had these three unalienable rights.
This American Victory by Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates is considered the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is Saratoga?
This French noble broke the law in France to come to America and join the Revolution. He eventually became one of Washington's most trusted officers.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
This treaty officially ended the American Revolution. (It shares it's name with the treaty that ended the French and Indian War).
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This 1765 law taxed all printed goods and led the colonies to declare only their own elected assemblies could tax them.
What is the Stamp Act?
This Massachusetts delegate to the continental congress signed his name purposefully large so that "King George could read it without his glasses." His name is still another name for your signature today.
Who is John Hancock.
This battle outside of Boston, while technically a British victory, showed the Americans could hold their own against the British army.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This Prussian officer was hired by Benjamin Franklin to come to America and train the Continental Army to become a professional army during the winter at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Stueben?
After the Revolution America gained control of all land East of what major river?
What is the Mississippi?
This 1766 law stated that Parliament had the authority to pass laws and taxes for the colonies.
There was one major passage that Jefferson wrote in his draft that was removed from the final draft condemning this practice in the colonies.
What is slavery.
These two battles in New Jersey helped Washington retain his army following the loss of New York City.
What is Trenton and Princeton?
This American General from Connecticut, after being denied credit for capturing Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga, and being scolded by Washington switched sides and joined the British. His name is still synonymous with being a traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
America gained fishing rights off the coast of this modern country.
What is Canada?