American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
KING GEORGE III.
Document in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is a treaty?
An agreement between 2 or more parties that ends war
What document officially ended the American Revolution?
The Treaty of Paris
Name of the war that put Britain into debt, which led to them raising taxes on the colonists?
What is the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
The group that protested the British government
Sons of Liberty
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
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.
BOSTON MASSACRE
The event where France was forcing bribes on the United States
XYZ Affair
Reason Lexington/Concord was considered "the shot heard around the world.
It caused the entire world to take notice of the colonial rebellion.
What the colonists called British soldiers
True or False: The Declaration of Independence ended the Revolutionary War
False
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
This referred to someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England
Loyalist
The place of the first big victory of the Continental Army
Battle of Saratoga
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
What day and year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
August 2, 1776
Who wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
Which country helped the colonists win the war?
France
What word describes someone who supports and defends his or her country?
Patriots
What caused the Boston Tea Party to throw 18,523,000 servings of tea into Boston harbor.
Taxation without representation
He trained the Continental Army
Baron von Steuben
What was the LAST major battle in the American Revolution
The battle of Yorktown
Unofficial War against the French during John Adams presidency
The Quasi War
The slogan the colonists kept saying because they were unhappy with the taxes.
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
British General who surrendered at Yorktown
CHARLES CORNWALLIS
Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies and declared Independence.
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
British Soldiers fired upon a crowd of rowdy colonist
Boston Massacre
The function of the Declaration of Independence?
To announce to the world the American colonies’ reasons for separation from England
Where did the Continental Army stay when they were weak, dirty, and cold.
Valley Forge
John Adams passed what act that limited immigration and limited freedom of speech against the government.
Alien and Sedition Act
12 of 13 colonies gathered in Philadelphia and formed the First________
Continental Congress