Important Documents
What important document was adopted on July 4th 1776?
The Declaration of Independence
Who was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army, by the second continental congress?
George Washington
What was one result of the french and indian war?
Taxes were raised for colonists.
British soldiers were known as...
Red Coats
What was the name of the pamphlet that Thomas Paine wrote, appealing to the colonists about why Britain should not control the colonies.
Common Sense
Which general surrendered at Yorktown and ended the war?
General Cornwallis
Which event was the turning point of the revolution, resulting in the French joining the Patriots?
Battle of Saratoga
Soldiers paid to fight for a country other than their own
Mercenaries
What treaty ended the french and indian war?
The Treaty of Paris
Who warned the colonists that the red coats were coming?
Paul Revere
Where did General Washington lose half of his army to the winter elements?
Valley Forge
The act of betraying your country
Treason (Committing Treason)
The Parliament's legislature which taxed all paper goods in the colonies.
The Stamp Act
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The event on on March 5, 1770, which advanced the colonists cause and brought violence into the revolution.
Boston Massacre
Some people that resisted the Stamp Act by boycotting British goods called themselves...
Sons of Liberty
What was the name of the proclamation, signed by King George, that declared that Colonists were no longer allowed to settle West of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Royal Proclamation of 1763.
Who was the primary author of the declaration of independence?
When colonists dressed as Native Americans and protested the taxation on tea.
The Boston Tea Party
Fighting in small groups making small, repeated attacks:
Guerilla Warfare