American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III.
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims came to the Americas on.
Mayflower
What is a treaty?
An agreement between 2 or more parties that ends war
What document officially ended the American Revolution?
The Treaty of Paris
This port was closed as part of the Intolerable Acts until the Tea lost from the Boston Tea Party was paid for?
The Port of Boston
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
This was the first battle of the American Revolution
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
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
This is the lawmaking body of the British government
Parliament
This act put a tax on tea.
Tea Act
Someone who was loyal to King George
Loyalist
True or False: The Declaration of Independence ended the Revolutionary War
False
Who won the Revolutionary war?
The Colonists (Patriots)
True or False:
The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for debt from the French and Indian War.
true
This founding father was sent as a diplomat to France to secure support for war.
Benjamin Franklin
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
During this event, people dressed as Native Americans and boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What day was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
This policy prohibited Colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
The Proclamation of 1763
What type of government does the U.S. Constitution establish
Federal Republic
Who were the Sons of Liberty
Patriots who protested British tax policy
This is the economic system used by the British to conduct trade amongst its Colonies
Mercantilism
The Ideas in the Declaration of Independence are most closely linked to the writings of this thinker
John Locke
The French and Indian War was fought between what two groups?
The French and British
The system of checks and balances found in the U. S. Constitution are based on the Ideas of this thinker
Baron de Montesquieu
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
Who has the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
The 1st 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution established as a compromise between Federalists and Anti-federalists
Bill of Rights
This was the first law specifically intended to raise money in the Colonies for the British Crown
The Sugar Act
This was the final major battle of the American Revolution
The Battle of Yorktown
During this period, the Patriots were weak, starving, and freezing, suffered from smallpox.
Winter at Valley Forge
This battle was the turning point of the war?
The Battles of Saratoga
What word did the Colonists use to describe King George's Leadership?
Tyrant