American Revolution #1
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
Who was the first African American to die in the American Revolution at the Boston Massacre?
Think of an Indianapolis school.
Crispus Attucks
If you are a tax collector, you may find yourself in this three-word fowl and sticky situation.
This is the name given to British soldiers.
What are Redcoats?
This is was colonists who supported the British were called.
What are Loyalists?
Someone who wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a "patriot" during the American revolution?
He was the monarch of Great Britain during the war.
Who was King George?
General Prescott's word's of advice during battle.
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
A young, French soldier and friend of George Washington.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
This was a last-ditch effort for peace?
The Olive Branch Petition
George Washington was appointed to this position by the Continental Congress.
What is Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?
What are delegates?
This was the first state to allow Blacks to enlist in the Continental Army.
The first two battle locations of the American Revolution.
Who represented the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
These letter-writing campaigns spread the word about the British wrongdoings in the New England area to the rest of the colonies.
Committees of Corespondence
During this protest, Patriots showed their anger over the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This is the meeting of delegates from the colonies to discuss concerns with the British.
What is the First Continental Congress?
A law summarized by these words, "We have the right to tax you!"
This became a famous saying that meant colonists wanted to be part of Parliament.
What was "No taxation without representation"?
This happened on March 5, 1770 on King Street in Boston outside a custom's house.
What is the Boston Massacre
The Continental Congress met here to discuss the colonists' concerns before the war.
What is Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, PA?
This is the number of delegates who attended the first Continental Congress.
12 out of 13
This is what we call the legislative branch in England which worked with King George.
What is Parliament?