American Revolution #1
Influential booklet that encouraged colonists to declare independence from Britian
Common Sense
Document in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
Declaration of Independence
Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies
Name of the war which lasted eight years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain
Revolutionary War
Colonial soldiers would be ready to resist British attack “in a minute"
Minutemen
Freedom from another country
Independence
One that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
Colonist who was undecided about independence from Britain
Neutralist
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
King George
True or False - An important task that faces the Second Continental Congress when met in 1775 was negotiating treaties with Native American tribes.
False
Which brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?
Concord
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
First signer of the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature
John Hannock
Who warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Paul Revere
True or False - When colonists heard about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, they celebrated by firing cannons and guns and tearing down the statue of the king.
True
Who organized the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
Colonist who argued that the colonies should not separate from Britain
Loyalist
True or False: The Declaration of Independence is written in easy language anyone can understand its meaning.
False
Representative from each colony met to discuss the Intolerable Acts but decided to try to work things out with King George
First Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Famous saying that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain
"No taxation without representation"
Where was the "shot heard around the world"?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
July 4, 1776
Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
What were John Locke's three main tenets in the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness