Road to Revolution
This act placed a tax on printed materials like newspapers and legal documents
What is the Stamp Act
The first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought here
What are Lexington and Concord
He was the commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
This document officially declared independence from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1783 treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Colonists protested by dumping tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
He wrote the pamphlet Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
The first American government was called this
What are the Articles of Confederation?
After the war, Britain recognized the U.S. west of this river
What is the Mississippi River?
This slogan became popular after Britain taxed colonists without colonial representatives in Parliament
What is "No taxation without representation"?
George Washington spent a harsh winter training troops at this camp
What is Valley Forge?
This French nobleman helped train and support the American army
Under the Articles, this branch of government was missing
What is the executive branch?
This European country became America's main ally during the Revolution
What is France?
These laws were called the Intolerable Acts by colonists
What are the Coercive Acts?
This battle effectively ended the Revolutionary War in 1781
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This rebellion showed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Many of these people fled America because they stayed loyal to Britain
Who are Loyalists?
This 1774 meeting united colonial leaders to respond to British actions
What is the First Continental Congress?
This American military tactic involved avoiding large losses while wearing down the British
What is guerrilla warfare?
This Virginian shocked many colonists by switching sides and becoming a traitor to the American cause
Who is Benedict Arnold?
This plan proposed representation in Congress based on population, favoring larger states at the Constitutional Convention
What is the Virginia Plan?
This idea spread after the Revolution, encouraging other democratic movements worldwide
What is republicanism?