American Revolution #1
Name the Act that taxed all paper goods
Stamp Act
Name the Act that closed Boston's port to stop all trade
Intolerable Acts
Name the war that lasted 8 years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain
Revolutionary War (American Revolution)
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
Name for the Colonists' band of militias fighting the British army
Continental Army
Freedom from another country
Independence
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
Name the King who ruled England during the American Revolution
King George
This Act was introduced in 1764 and it taxed the import of sugar, wine, and coffee
Sugar Act
Name of the King of England's army
British Army or Redcoats
Name the place where Washington showed his leadership when the soldiers suffered from freezing temps, starvation, and disease
Valley Forge
Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
official ending of the War; peace agreement
Treaty of Paris
This Act led to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act of 1773
The document that said Americans have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Declaration of Independence
What law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers?
Quartering Act
Name the Patriot, along with Samuel Prescott and William Dawes, that warned the colonists that the British army was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
The Second Continental Congress met in this city
Philadelphia
The person who may wants change on some issues, but not on others
Moderate
1st battle of the Revolution
Lexington and Concord (1775)
Famous saying that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain
"No taxation without representation"
Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the war?
The French became an ally for the Patriots after the victory.
British General who surrendered at Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis
King's effort to stop the colonists from moving west and to protect Native Americans
Proclamation of 1763
A person who supports quick and total change from the present system by any means necessary
Radical
Who organized the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
A Colonist who argued that the colonies should not separate from Britain
Loyalist
First signer of the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature
John Hancock
Representatives from each colony that met to discuss who would lead the Continental Army
Second Continental Congress
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson