Revolution Lead-Up
This 1765 law taxed paper items like newspapers and legal papers.
What is the Stamp Act?
He was born in the Caribbean and became a founding father of the United States.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The first shots of the Revolution were fired at these towns in 1775.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This 1776 paper said the colonies were free from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1783 agreement officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He led the Continental Army and became the first U.S. president.
Who is George Washington?
This 1775 battle proved the colonists could fight the British, even in defeat.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued that kings were not needed.
What is Common Sense?
Hamilton wanted a strong central government and a healthy ____ to unite the states.
What is economy / national bank system?
In 1770, British soldiers shot and killed colonists in this event.
What is the Boston Massacre?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence and was Hamilton’s political rival.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This 1777 victory convinced France to help the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The first U.S. government plan (1781) was too weak to collect taxes.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Jefferson and Hamilton disagreed so strongly that these political groups formed.
What are political parties (the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans)?
Britain punished Massachusetts with these harsh laws after the Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
He was Hamilton’s friend and later his enemy in a famous duel.
Who is Aaron Burr?
In the winter of 1777–78, Washington’s army trained through hunger and cold here.
What is Valley Forge?
Hamilton, Madison, and Jay wrote these essays to support the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This 1774 gathering of colonial leaders sent a petition to the King for rights and fairness.
What is the First Continental Congress?
She married Hamilton and worked to preserve his letters and legacy.
Who is Eliza Schuyler Hamilton?
This 1781 battle in Virginia was the last major fight of the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This 1787 document created three branches of government and a stronger nation.
What is the U.S. Constitution?