Political Ideas and Growing Conflict
Great Britain wanted to keep __________ over the colonies.
control
This person was an enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence and who eventually gained her freedom.
Phillis Wheatley
This person was a patriot who made a daring ride to warn the colonists of British arrival.
Paul Revere
The first armed battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
This document declared the colonists' freedom from Great Britain.
The Declaration of Independence
An important idea in the Declaration of Independence is that the ___________ have a right and a duty to change a government that violates their rights.
people
Lord Cornwallis
This person was the major writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This battle was the turning point in the American Revolution.
Battle of Saratoga
Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
Boston Tea Party
What are the 3 unalienable rights?
1. life,
2.liberty, and
3. the pursuit of happiness
Who was the king of Great Britain?
King George III
This was a man of many talents. He was scientist, writer, and visited France for help for the colonies. He was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Benjamin Franklin
Where did the British surrender to end the war?
Yorktown
Great Britain recognized American independence in this treaty. This officially ended the Revolutionary War.
The colonists were dissatisfied/upset for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. Some colonists resented the power of the colonial governors
b. Great Britain wanted strict control over the colonial legislatures (law makers).
c. The colonies opposed the British taxes.
d. The colonists did not like that they were allowed to travel across the Appalachian Mountains.
d. The colonists did not like that they were allowed to travel across the Appalachian Mountains.
This man was the commander of the continental army.
George Washington
This person was a political activist who wrote the pamphlet, "Common Sense" supporting American independence.
Thomas Paine
This battle was fought in Boston, the colonist were very close to beating the Red Coats but lost. This was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
What is the name of the document that stated the colonists weren't allowed to go west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
The colonists didn't like that they couldnʻt vote in Parliament, so the phrase that became popular in the colonies was...
No Taxation without Representation
This French nobleman worked with the king of France to send French troops, ships, and money to the colonists to help with the victory at Yorktown.
Marquis de Lafayette
This person was a patriot who promoted the cause for independence, and later became the second President of the United States.
John Adams
Colonists in Boston were shot at after taunting British soldiers.
Boston Massacre
Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Great Britain and to promote independence.
First Continental Congress