🫖 Rebel Ruckus
This drink was at the center of the famous protest in Boston Harbor.
Tea
Common Sense encouraged colonists to consider separating from this country.
Great Britain
Which side had the more powerful military and navy at the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
British/Britain
This American victory helped convince France to support the American cause.
Battle of Saratoga
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense argued that monarchies were ______.
Tyrannical
The colonists objected to being taxed by a government in which they did not have this.
Representation
This man wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
The British had to transport soldiers and supplies across this body of water to reach America.
Atlantic Ocean
Freezing temperatures, hunger, disease, and a lack of clothing and supplies were major hardships at this Revolutionary War encampment.
Valley Forge
Georgia was the only colony that did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress because the colony depended on British support during conflicts with these people.
Native Americans
The Sons of Liberty organized this famous protest against the Tea Act.
The Boston Tea Party
This pamphlet used simple language to argue that monarchies were tyrannical and encouraged colonists to support independence.
Common Sense
American soldiers had an advantage because they were fighting in their own country and knew this well.
The land/terrain/surroundings
This American diplomat worked to gain French support for the Revolutionary War.
Benjamin Franklin
The Tea Act gave this British company a monopoly, meaning it had special control over selling tea in the colonies. What was the company called?
East India Company
The colonies met together in Philadelphia in 1774 to respond to British actions. What was this meeting called?
First Continental Congress
This famous line written by John Locke and later incorporated into the Declaration of Independence says people are born with rights that cannot be taken away. What are these rights called?
Unalienable Rights
The Continental Army struggled with shortages of supplies and funding. Which group did the Americans need to gain support from to strengthen their fight against Britain?
France
This military leader transformed the Continental Army at Valley Forge by teaching soldiers disciplined drills, marching, and weapon handling.
Baron von Steuben
What unexpected thing turned the tense standoff between British troops and colonial militiamen at Lexington into violence?
A shot was fired by an unknown side
This rider escaped a British patrol and reached Concord in time to warn the townspeople that British troops were coming.
Dr. Samuel Prescott
Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration partly because of his previous writings about this issue.
Colonial Rights
The Continental Army was missing important resources needed to fight a war. Which resource would France’s support help provide? Pick two
Supplies, food, weapons, naval support
Baron von Steuben helped transform the Continental Army at Valley Forge by providing this.
Military training
Put these events in order:
A. France signs alliance
B. Valley Forge
C. Franklin goes to France
D. Saratoga victory
C → D → B → A