Events Leading to the War
American colonists who remained loyal to the king of England.
Who were the Loyalists or Tories?
Towns in Massachusetts where the 1st battle of the War for Independence took place.
What is Lexington & Concord?
Commander in chief of the colonial army; called "The Father of His Country."
Who is George Washington?
Said, "We have to resolve to conquer or to die."
Who is George Washington?
An agreement or understanding between two or more countries.
What is a treaty?
Unfair tax law that angered the colonists, placing a special seal on all newspapers, marriage certificates, almanacs, and other documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
The place where Americans showed the British that they would not be easily defeated.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Said, "The British are coming!"
Who are Paul Revere & William Dawes?
Result of the Treaty of Paris.
What is England gave up her 13 American colonies, making them free & independent states?
A fight between angry colonists & British soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed, including Crispus Attucks, a black patriot.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The site of the turning point of the War for Independence.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
President of the Continental Congress and the 1st patriot to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
Said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Who is John Paul Jones?
Date and individuals who surrendered.
What is General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington on October 19, 1781?
A protest by American colonists who dumped over 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The area of Pennsylvania where Washington's army stayed during the harsh winter of 1777-1778.
What is Valley Forge?
The soldier who captured British forts in the Northwest Territory for America.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
Said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Who is Nathan Hale?
The land given to the Americans by the British that was not part of the 13 Colonies.
Who were the Hessians?
The place where the British finally surrendered to Washington at the end of the war.
What is Yorktown, Virginia?
American general who fought the British in the Southern Colonies.
Who is Nathanael Greene?
Said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
America's new borders after the War for Independence.
What is from Florida to Canada, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River?