American Revolution #1
By declaring independence, the delegates were vulnerable to accusations of ____________.
What is TREASON.
Who was Samuel Adams?
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight ride warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
The British soldiers' uniforms were a bright color and made the soldiers easier to spy. For this reason, they were given this colorful nickame.
What are the REDCOATS
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
Dressed as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War.
Who is DEBORAH SAMPSON?
These acts shut down the Boston Harbor. Colonists also had to quarter British soldiers and Massachusetts was placed under martial law.
What are the COERCIVE ACTS OR INTOLERABLE ACTS?
He betrayed his men to ally himself with the British and is still known as one of the most famous traitors in American history.
Who was BENEDICT ARNOLD
He was the first man to die for the Revolution and he was African American.
Who was CRISPUS ATTACKS
The results of this event was lots of tea floating in Boston Harbor.
What was The Boston Tea Party?
The first shots of the Revolution that were fired at Lexington and Concord, and began the war, became known as this.
What is the SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
What famous first lady had both a husband that became President and a son that became President?
Who is Abigail Adams?
A series of acts that placed tariffs, or taxes, on products coming into the colonies. This included taxes on glass, tea, lead, and paper.
What is the TOWNSHEND ACTS?
This war took place prior to the American Revolution. It left the colonists upset with the decisions made by England.
What is the French and Indian War?
Prior to the American Revolution, King George passed The Proclamation of 1763. Where couldn't colonists go?
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
A group of representatives from each colony met to discuss the Intolerable Acts but decided to try to work things out with King George.
What is the FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
It is the name for someone in the colonies who supported the American Revolution.
What is a PATRIOT
This famous African American woman was the first to sue for her freedom.
Who was Mum Betts?
The strategy of refusing to purchase goods in the hopes of weakening another party.
What is BOYCOTT
A colonist who was still loyal to Great Britain.
What is a LOYALIST?
British General who surrendered at Yorktown
Who is CHARLES CORNWALLIS
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III
This was the place Washington and his soldiers spent Winter, a miserable and deadly place for his men.
What is VALLEY FORGE
The first three Presidents of our country in the order that they served.
Who were George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
Complete this famous phrase that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain. "No taxation....
What is "WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"
The French aristocrat who joined the American Revolution and became close friends with Washington, Hamilton, and Jefferson.
Who is MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
This law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the QUARTERING ACT
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
To prevent tyranny, The Constitution created what?
What are three branches of government?
This act taxed every piece of printed paper the colonists used.
What is a the STAMP ACT?
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies
Who is the SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Name of the war which lasted eight years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain
What is the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
This document officially ended the American Revolution as an agreement of peace.
What is the TREATY OF PARIS
She was an enslaved African American who was a poet and a supporter of independence.
Who was PHILLIS WHEATLEY?