Important People
He was chosen to lead the continental army.
Who is George Washington?
These were the first two battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This war (BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION) was very expensive, and King George decided the Americans should pay for it with taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
A colonist who wanted independence from Great Britain.
What is a patriot?
The country that decided to help the colonies (the United States) after the colonies won the Battle of Saratoga.
Who is France?
He was chosen to write most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The first major English win in which they kept the colonists out of Boston. Both sides lost a great deal of soldiers.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This was a tax on all printed goods in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
Colonists who remained loyal to the British government and King George III.
What is a Loyalist?
-Will accept what is a Tory.
The battle in which the Patriots were able to take over a fort and gain lots of weapons?
What is the Battle of (Fort) Ticonderoga?
He was a leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
Who is Samuel Adams?
On August 27, 1776, Washington and his men were defeated by the British. Now the British were able to re-enter their forces into the colonies.
What is the Battle of New York?
This was the law that required colonists to allow British soldiers into their homes to eat and sleep.
What is the Quartering Act?
The document that stated America is their own free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington is from this colony (state).
What is Virginia?
He went to France to ask them for help. He also created the U.S. Postal Service and was part of the Continental Congress.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River to attack the British.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
This was the event in which many Patriots boarded a British ship and destroyed all of the products on board.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A ruler who abuses their power or uses it harshly (example: King George III was accused of being one).
What is a tyrant?
Two important decisions made at the Second Continental Congress.
-What is the creation of an army (Continental Army)?
-What is choosing George Washington as leader?
-What is choosing to become independent from Great Britain?
Mercenaries (hired soldiers) hired by the British to help fight against the colonists.
Who are the Hessians?
The final major battle of the War in which England surrenders.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This was the event when British soldiers fired into the crowd, killing innocent civilians, including Crispus Attucks.
What is the Boston Massacre?
A person who acts against her/his country.
What is a traitor?
The three Americans who were sent to negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1783.
Who are Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay?