Road to Revolution
Colonists used this form of protest when they refused to purchase British products.
What is a boycott?
This was the name for colonists who supported independence from Britain.
What are Patriots?
This event involved colonists throwing British tea into Boston Harbor to protest British policies.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This founding document officially announced that the colonies were separating from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
These German soldiers were hired to fight for Britain during the Revolutionary War.
Who were the Hessians?
This 1765 law placed a tax on items such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This group of women supported the colonial boycott by making homemade goods instead of buying British products.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
Five colonists were killed during this 1770 confrontation between colonists and British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This man was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Which side had the advantage of having a large and powerful navy?
Who were the British?
Parliament passed this 1773 law involving tea and the British East India Company, angering many colonists.
What is the Tea Act?
He wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that encouraged colonists to support independence.
Who was Thomas Paine?
These two Massachusetts towns were the location of the first shots of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
According to the Declaration, governments exist to protect certain basic things that people naturally possess. What are they?
What are natural rights?
Which side had the advantage of fighting on familiar land and being motivated by a cause they believed in?
Who were the Americans?
Colonists argued that this was unfair because they were being taxed even though they had no elected representatives in Parliament.
What is taxation without representation?
He became Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
This battle was technically a British victory, but it showed that American forces could fight the powerful British army.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The Declaration spends a large section listing the king's wrong actions against the colonies. These accusations are called what?
What are grievances?
This side had the advantage of having more European countries as allies.
Who were the Americans?
Put these in the correct chronological order: Boston Massacre, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts.
What is Stamp Act → Boston Massacre → Boston Tea Party → Intolerable Acts?
Imagine British troops are secretly marching toward Lexington to capture colonial leaders and weapons. Which famous messenger would you expect to warn the colonists?
Who was Paul Revere?
This American victory became a major turning point because it helped convince France to openly support the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The Declaration argues that if a government repeatedly violates people's rights, what do the people have the right to do?
What is change or overthrow the government and create a new one?
Name two countries that provided important military assistance to the Americans during the war.
What are France and Spain?