Famous names
black patriot killed during the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks?
towns in Massachusetts where the first battle of the War for Independence took place
What is Lexington and Concord?
War for Independence begins
What is 1775?
money that people pay to help run the government
What is tax?
a fight between angry colonists and British soldiers in which five colonists were killed
What is Boston Massacre?
king of England at the time of America's War for Independence
Who is King George III?
site of the turning point of the War for Independence
What is Saratoga?
Declaration of Independence is signed
What is July 4, 1776?
the cruel killing of many people at one time
What is massacre?
unfair tax law that angered the colonists
What is the Stamp Act?
young patriot known for saying,"...as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
place where American showed the British that they would not be easily defeated
What is Bunker Hill?
General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
What is 1781?
American colonists who remained loyal to England
What are Loyalists or Tories
a protest by American colonists who dumped over 300 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Two men who warned the colonists of a British attack
Who is Paul Revere and William Dawes?
strategic fort captured by Ethan Allen
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
Treaty of Paris is signed
What is 1783?
American colonists who wanted America to be free from England's rule
Who are patriots?
agreement which ended the War for Independence, giving the colonies their independence from England
What is Treaty of Paris?
president of the Continental Congress
Who is John Hancock?
place where the British surrendered at the end of the war
What is Yorktown?
George Washington gave our new flag to Congress
What is June 14, 1777?
German soldiers who were hired by the British to fight against American colonists
Who are Hessians?
Which general led the British army near the end of the war and eventually surrendered to Washington?
Who is General Lord Cornwallis?