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?
What is the Boston Massacre?
A group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
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?
This nation ruled the 13 colonies before the war.
What is Great Britain?
The country the American colonies fight against in the Revolutionary War.
George Washington was appointed to this position by the Continental Congress.
What is Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?
What are delegates?
This final major battle of the Revolutionary War forced the British to surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This is when the government ends slavery.
What is Emancipation?
This is the year the Revolutionary War ended.
What is 1783?
During this protest, Patriots showed their anger over the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He rode on horseback to warn colonists that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
This became a famous saying that meant colonists wanted to be part of Parliament.
What was "No taxation without representation"?
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the treaty of Paris?
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This idea says people have rights that cannot be taken away by the government.
What are natural rights?