Vocabulary
By the early 1760's there were 13 of these, including Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.
colonies
Crispus Attucks along with four other Americans were killed in the ________________.
Boston Massacre
Someone who wanted American independence is called a _________.
Patriot
Who was the leader of the American military forces, also known as the Continental Army?
George Washington
This city was the center of opposition to Britain's tax policies.
Boston
According to Revolutionary War, Part I, what word can be used to describe George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Bejamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton?
founders
What law passed in 1765 were the colonists boycotting when they refused to buy British goods such as newspapers?
The Stamp Act
What would you call an American colonist who opposed the war for independence?
Loyalist
The Loyalists were colonists who stayed loyal to which leader?
King George III
In what city did all of the colonies except Georgia meet for the First Continental Congress?
Philadelphia
What word means a strong feeling of support or allegiance?
loyalty
What important event occurred on the night of December 16th, 1773?
The Boston Tea Party
Which side were The Sons of Liberty on?
Patriots
Who warned the colonists that the British were coming before the battles of Lexington and Concord?
Paul Revere
In what two Cities were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired, famously known as "the shots heard round the world"?
Lexington and Concord
What did the American colonists do in response to new tax laws such as The Stamp Act, The Sugar Act, and the Townshend Acts?
boycott
What event caused Britain to begin taxing the American colonists?
The French and Indian War
Who fired the first shots in Lexington and Concord to begin the American Revolution?
Loyalists
Who was the General who led the the British to defeat the Americans one battle after another?
General Cornwallis
Benjamin Franklin helped get which country to become an ally of the United States?
France
The Intolerable Acts only served to _______ the colonists as more and more of them felt that their basic liberties were at stake.
unite
What were the four harsh laws called that Parliament passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
This group is also known as "Tories"
Loyalists
What is the name of the first African American to die in the long struggle for American independence?
Crispis Attucks
Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War where Washington had a larger military force than the British for the first time?
Yorktown, Virginia