Key Figures
He was a veteran of the French & Indian War. His military background lead to him being chosen to command the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The act that caused the colonists to start protesting, "No taxation without representation".
What was the Stamp Act?
The body of water that the British had to ship supplies and troops 3,000 miles across to the American colonies.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Who said, "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"?
Who is Patrick Henry?
He was the British general who surrendered to George Washington at the battle of Yorktown.
Who is General Cornwallis?
The one item that remained heavily taxed after the repeal of the Townshend Acts.
What is tea?
Port city in which 342 boxes of tea were dumped into the harbor.
Who said, “I have not yet begun to fight.”?
Who is John Paul Jones?
He was a famous American inventor and politician who traveled to France to ask for the kind of France to help the colonists in the American Revolution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Tribe of Native Americans the Sons of Liberty dressed as when dumping tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Mohawk tribe?
The town in Georgia that was captured by the British in hopes of gaining support from the loyalists.
What is Savannah?
At Lexington, who said, “Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.”?
Who was Captain John Parker?
She was a colonist who protested against the British by "doing away with the vanities."
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
Items that had taxes placed on them during the Townshend Act.
What are paper, wool, glass, paint, and lead?
This body of water was blocked by the French Navy to stop the British Navy from rescuing General Cornwallis.
What is the York River?
Who is James Armistead?
Year in which the Townshend Acts were repealed.
What is 1770?
City in which Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is Paris?