Vocabulary
a plan of action
strategy
Many soldiers enlisted in the war for another year after the Victory at Trenton. To enlist means to _________ .
join or sign up
The first two wars of the Constitution were _________ and _________.
The Battle of Lexington and The Battle of Concord
This act said that colonists could only buy tea from a British company called the East India Company and made the colonists pay taxes on the tea they bought.
The Tea Act of 1773.
On July 4, 1776, Congress voted to approve this document.
The Declaration of Independence
a delegate
What was Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley named after helping the thirsty soldiers by bringing them water during their battles?
Molly Pitcher
This man galloped through the towns of Lexington and Concord with two other colonists to warn the minutemen that "The British are Coming".
Paul Revere
Where did the Boston Tea Party take place.
The Boston Harbor
The name of the group of colonists that boycotted Parliaments laws.
The Sons of Liberty
A volunteer army is called a ____________ .
militia
Who was the first governor of New Jersey?
William Livingston
Who led the American soldiers in the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
This act made colonists pay taxes on newspapers and printed goods.
The Stamp Act of 1765)
The first plan for the government of the New Nation is called ___________. It later was known to create a weak national government.
The Articles of Confederation
Soldiers who needed to be ready to fight at a moments notice are called ___________.
minutemen
New Jersey was the ______ state to ratify, or approve the Constitution.
third
What war was a turning point in the Revolutionary War?
The Battle in Trenton
The colonists said ________________ in response to the unfair taxes.
"No taxation without representation"
The introduction to the Constitution is called __________ .
The Preamble
treason
George Washington devised a plan to take the ___________ across the Delaware River in a sneak attack of the British Soldiers on December 26, 1776.
Continental Army
During what meeting did the colonists decide to fight for freedom from Great Britain?
The Second Continental Congress
The British spent a lot of money to defeat France in the war of 1763. This resulted in the British ______________________ .
imposing, or placing taxes on the American colonists
After approving the Declaration Independence, the document was read in public at the Independence Hall. What did they do to celebrate the declaration?
They rang the Liberty Bell.