People
"No Taxation without Representation"
Who is Samuel Adams?
This battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
He led the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This document declared the colonies separate from Great Brittian.
This Act led to the Boston Tea Party
This person was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was the location of the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
Where is Lexington?
This person rode to warn the minutemen that British was coming by sea.
Who was Paul Revere?
This is what the first part of the Declaration of Independence is called.
What is the Preamble?
The Boston Tea Party led to these Acts being passed by England.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This Frenchman brought trained soldiers and ships to help the Patriots defeat the British and became a commander.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
The Patriots had to retreat at this battle because they ran out of ammunition.
What is the battle of Bunker Hill?
Francis Marion used Guerrilla Warfare to attack the British and was never caught which earned him this nickname.
What is Swamp fox?
This is the treaty signed to end the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
This Act was passed by England to pay for the French Indian War.
What is the Sugar Act?
This person was a great sea captain and the French gave him a small fleet of ships to command.
Who is John Paul Jones?
This was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This enslaved African was a spy and fed information to Marquis de Lafayette and this information gave the advantage to the Continental Army to surround the British Army at Yorktown.
Who is James Armistead?
This was a list of ten resolutions written at the First Continental Congress which was to be presented to King George III.
What is the Declaration of Rights?
This Act taxed any paper products and documents such as stamps, legal documents, licenses, playing cards and pamphlets in colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This commander became a traitor and escaped to England.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
This battle led by Washington on the night of January 2 1777 was successful and encouraged men to enlist and rejoin the Continental Army.
What is the Battle of Princeton?
The Hessians from Germany fighting for the British would be considered this.
What are mercenaries?
This petition was the last chance to saving the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This Act closed Boston Harbor, the Massachusetts' charter was canceled, and the colonist were required to house British soldiers
What is the Intolerable Acts? (Coercive Acts)