Significant person
Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?
Who is George Washington
First battles of the American Revolution?
What is Lexington and Concord
What Angered colonists; led to the boycott of British goods
What is the Stamp Act
What is Peaceful resistance to unfair laws?
What is Civil Disobedience
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country after signing what?
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783
Who outlined grievances against King George III and Parliment?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
What was the last major battle of the American Revolution?
What is Yorktown
What caused Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts?
What is the Boston Tea Party
What are Rights all people are born with that cannot be taken away?
What is Unalienable rights
Why did the American colonists disagree with the taxes imposed by Great Britain?
What is no representation in Parliament
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty and helped organize the Boston Tea Party
Who is Samuel Adams
What battle resulted in France joining the Patriot cause?
What is Saratoga (the turning point)
What is colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is a refusal to buy items in order to show disapproval?
What is boycott
Who were the 3 men to write the DOI?
Who is Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin & John Adams
Who is the "Father of the American Navy"
Who is John Paul Jones
Explain 2 ways the winter at Valley Forge was significant?
What is soldiers faced hunger, freezing and disease; soldiers received military training and preparation from Baron Von Steuben
What 4 ways did the Intolerable Acts punish Massachusetts?
What is closed Boston Harbor, revoked the colony's charter, permitted trials of British officials to be moved outside the colonies, and mandated the housing of British soldiers
Who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence?
Who is a Loyalist
What are our unalienable rights listed in the DOI?
What is Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness