American Revolution #1
This was a tax on all paper goods.
What was the Stamp Act?
Document in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
Name of the war which lasted seven years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain.
What was the Revolutionary War?
(American Revolution)
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
Name for the Colonists' band of militias fighting the British Army.
What was the Continental Army?
Freedom from another country, this is what Americans fought for.
What is Independence?
A person that wanted to be free from British rule was called this.
What is a Patriot?
The King of England during the American Revolution.
Who was King George or King George III?
To not buy or use something.
What is boycott?
Name for the King's Army.
What was the British Army or Redcoats?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was also known as this.
What was The Shot Heard Around the World?
The leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who was George Washington?
The official ending of the War; a peace agreement.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
How many crates of tea were tossed into the harbor?
What is 342?
The term for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What are Unalienable Rights?
True or False: The British imposed many taxes on the colonists, including a tax on glass and paint.
True
This person warned that the Redcoats were coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Who was Paul Revere?
The 1st Continental Congress met in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
True or False...hundreds of colonists died in the Boston Massacre.
What is False?
1st battle of the Revolution
What was Lexington and Concord (1775)?
Famous saying that was a rallying call for the colonists when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain.
What was "No taxation without representation?"
After the Battle of Saratoga, the Americans gained this country as an ally.
What is France?
The name of the British General who surrendered at Yorktown.
Who was Charles Cornwallis?
The last big battle which decided the war, where the British surrendered.
What was the Battle at Yorktown?
King George's response to the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Intolerable Acts (1774)?
Colonists who weren't Patriots or Loyalists.
Who were Neutralists?
A colonist who argued that the colonies should not separate from Britain was called this.
What was a Loyalist?
First signer of the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature.
Who was John Hancock?
Some Americans wanted to make this man the first King in America.
Who was George Washington?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?