American Revolution #1
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American Revolution #6
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By declaring independence, the delegates were vulnerable to accusations of ____________.

What is TREASON.

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Who wrote Common Sense?


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Thomas Paine

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The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight ride warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.

Who is PAUL REVERE

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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

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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

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Dressed as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Who is DEBORAH SAMPSON?

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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?

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He betrayed his men to ally himself with the British and is still known as one of the most famous traitors in American history.


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Who is BENEDICT ARNOLD

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He was the first man to die for the Revolution and he was African American.

Who is CRISPUS ATTACKS

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The "world turned upside down" when the British lost this battle, turning the tides of the war to favor the colonies.

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What is YORKTOWN

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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

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This battle was a turning point in the war for the Americans. British General Burgoyne surrendered to the Americans.

What is the BATTLE OF SARATOGA?

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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?

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People who supported neither the Patriots or the Loyalists, but remained non-committed.

Who were NEUTRALISTS

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The Second Continental Congress drafted this document to peacefully resolve the problems between the colonies and Great Britain.

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What is the OLIVE BRANCH PETITION?

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A group of representatives from each colony met to discuss the Intolerable Acts but decided to try to work things out with King George.

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What is the FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS


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It is the name for someone in the colonies who supported the American Revolution.

What is a PATRIOT

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Believed to be Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, she helped the soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth by bringing water and working canons.

Who is MOLLY PITCHER

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The strategy of refusing to purchase goods in the hopes of weakening another party.

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What is BOYCOTT

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A colonist who was still loyal to Great Britain.

What is a LOYALIST?

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British General who surrendered at Yorktown 


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Who is CHARLES CORNWALLIS

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He was the King of England during the American Revolution.

Who is KING GEORGE III

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This was the place Washington and his soldiers spent Winter, a miserable and deadly place for his men.

What is VALLEY FORGE

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German soldiers who fought on the side of the British during the Revolutionary War?


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Who were the HESSIANS?

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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"

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The French aristocrat who joined the American Revolution and became close friends with Washington, Hamilton, and Jefferson. 


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Who is MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE 

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This law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.

What is the QUARTERING ACT

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He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON

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The year the Declaration of Independence was signed

1776

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A founding father, he helped turn the tide of the war by gaining the French Alliance.

Who is BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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This act taxed every piece of printed paper the colonists used.

What is a the STAMP ACT?

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Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain 

What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 

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Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies

Who is the SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

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Name of the war which lasted eight years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain

What is the AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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This document officially ended the American Revolution as an agreement of peace.


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What is the TREATY OF PARIS

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She was an enslaved African American who was a poet and a supporter of independence. 

Who is PHILLIS WHEATLEY?

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