Acts Facts
What was the act that prohibited settlers from settling past west of the Appalachian mountains?
The Proclamation of 1763
Who signed the Declaration of Independence with the larges name?
John Hancock
Who aided Lafayette as a double agent in the hands of Cornwallis?
James Armistead
Who was the woman that alerted John Adams of the success at Yorktown?
Abigail Adams
What pamphlet did T.Pain make after Common Sense?
The American Crisis
What was the name of the act that was put in place in response to the Boston Tea Party?
The Coercive/ Intolerable acts.
Which document has the phrase, "We hold these truths to be self evident, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, And the Pursuit of Happiness."?
The Declaration of Independence.
Who was with his men at Valley Forge, barely lasting it out, asking the Continental Congress for help?
George Washington
Who was in France attempting to get the aid of the King?
Benjamin Franklin
Who was in the Continental Congress? (Multiple people but name 3/ also they some of them are technically counted in)
George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Hancock.
What act prohibited the colonies from getting tea from the Dutch, which in turn monopolized the British East India Tea Company?
The Tea Act
Which document was signed in show that Britain accepted their defeat and the colonies' independence?
The Treaty of Paris 1783
Who was the French man that aided George Washington to get assistance from King Louis XVI?
Marquis du Lafayette
What was John Adams doing away in Europe?
Diplomatic trading with the Dutch
Where was the Continental Congress located?
Philadelphia
Which act placed taxes on paper articles?
Who did Thomas Jefferson get the idea of life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness from?
John Locke
Who was the man who rode with Paul Revere and was the first African American in public office?
Wentworth Chesswell
Who was the official creator of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What geographical body was Cornwallis surrounded on before he surrendered?
A Peninsula.
Which act placed taxes on Paint, Tea, Lead, Glass, and Paper?
The Townshend Acts
What pamphlet did a certain someone write about disobeying Britain's laws and becoming an independent nation?
Common Sense
Who was the American naval hero titled, "The Father of the US Navy"?
John Paul Jones
Who was the man that aided in training the fit soldiers at Valley Forge?
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
What was the Britain trade strategy that prohibited trading with other countries?
Technically the navigation acts, but it's mercantilism.