Important People
This person commanded the Continental Army in their battles with the British.
Who is George Washington?
This is where the first actual fighting took place between the Patriots and the Loyalists.
Where is Lexington and Concord?
This event occurred in Boston Harbor, where colonists threw 342 chests of tea overboard into the water.
What is The Boston Tea Party?
Some militias were known as _____, because they could be ready to fight at a minute’s notice.
What are Minutemen?
This law taxed printed materials, such as newspapers and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This person wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, which called for a complete break from British rule.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This is where Patriots dumped lots of tea in order to protest British taxes.
Where is Boston Harbor?
This bloody event involved fighting between some angry townspeople and British soldiers. The British soldiers killed 5 colonists.
What is The Boston Massacre?
The introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written is called the ________.
What is the Preamble?
This is another name for the “Coercive Acts”, which were created to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
What are The Intolerable Acts?
This British ruler rejected the Olive Branch Petition, which was the Patriot’s last chance to avoid war.
Who is King George III?
The Continental Congress met in this city.
Where is Philadelphia?
This battle was a victory for the British, but they learned that defeating the Americans would not be easy.
What is The Battle of Bunker Hill?
Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause and influence the public’s opinion is called __________.
What is propaganda?
Act allowed officers to take goods from accused smugglers without going to court.
What is The Sugar Act?
This person rode on horseback warning the patriots that “The British are coming!”
Who is Paul Revere?
A meeting took place in September 1774 to set up a political body that would represent Americans and challenge British control. This political body was called _____.
What is The Continental Congress?
A formal request for government action is called _____.
What is a petition?
This act taxed imported goods BEFORE they were brought inside the colonies.
What are The Townshend Acts?
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The greatest leaders of the Patriots came together again on May 10, 1775 to discuss what to do with the British, who were not meeting their demands. These leaders are known as ______.
What is The Second Continental Congress?
This order prohibited colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains on Native American land.
What is The Proclamation of 1763?