The Stirrings of Rebellion
He was the leader and original member of the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams?
American statesman; he was a member of two Continental Congresses, the chairman of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration’s main author and one of its signers, and the third president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The site in Pennsylvania where the Continental army spent the winter of 1777–1778 under extremely harsh conditions.
What is Valley Forge?
He was the British general and commander of the British army at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 who surrendered to the Americans, ending the American Revolution.
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
The dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This is a 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America.
What is the Stamp Act?
They wanted to avoid being punished as rebels and they thought the king would protect their rights.
Who are the Loyalists?
They chose to stay out of the conflict.
Who are the Native Americans?
The United States was recognized as a fully independent nation under this treaty.
What is the treaty of Paris?
Colonists who supported American Independence from Britian.
Who were Patriots?
He was an African/Native American shot and killed at the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for separation of the colonies from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
An increase in prices or decline in purchasing power caused by an increase in the supply of money.
What is inflation?
They sent gunpowder, artillery, muskets, and troops to fight the British.
Who are the French?
The site where the British army formally surrendered on October 19, 1781, ending the American Revolution.
What is Yorktown?
He wanted to punish the rebellious colonists for destroying British property so he pushed Parliament to pass the series of acts known as the Intolerable Acts.
Who is King George III?
This group recognized the colonial militiamen as a true army, they authorized the printing of paper money, and organized a committee to deal with foreign nations.
Who is the Second Continental Congress?
This battle proved the Americans could beat the British and convinced the French to support the Americans.
What is the battle of Trenton?
The belief that all people should have equal political, economic, social, and civil rights.
What is egalitarianism?
French statesman and officer who viewed the American Revolution as important to the world; he helped finance the Revolution and served as major general.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
This was formed by the colonist as a result of the Intolerable Acts.
What is the Continental Congress?
Thomas Jefferson used this idea to help the people.
(Hint: think "rights" and "government")
What is the right to rebel when a government threatens the rights of the people?
This female Patriot was a heroine of the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, in 1778.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
Along with the Marquis de Lafayette, this individual helped the Americans by making the Continental army an effective fighting force.
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
King George III reaction to this was to reject it and declare the colonists as being rebellious.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?