Battles
October 17, 1777, in New York; Patriots won; turning point of the war
What is the Battle of Saratoga
Author of the pamphlet Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine
Required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, whenever they bought paper items.
What is the Stamp Act
Colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped more than 340 tea chests into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 gave the United States independence from this country.
What is Great Britian
December 25, 1776, crossed the Delaware River; Patriots won
What is the Battle of Trenton
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Charged taxes on imported glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What is the Townshend Acts
This event took place when British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre (The Bloody Massacre)
Foreign soldiers who are paid to fight.
What are mercenaries
What was the battle fought near Breed’s Hill called?
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
They used surprise attacks to cut off British communication and supply lines—guerilla warfare.
Who is Frances Marion
Laws were designed to punish the colonists in Boston for their actions against the British.
What is the Intolerable Acts
Why did many American colonists object to paying new taxes imposed following the French and Indian War?
What is lacked representation in their government
Delegates drafted a Declaration of Rights to be presented to King George at what meeting?
What is the First Continental Congress
On October 19, 1781, in Virginia; the Patriots won; the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Yorktown
A French nobleman who brought soldiers and supplies to America.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
What was the formal declaration of freedom from our mother country called?
What is the Declaration of Independence
Name one reason that Parliament raised taxes.
What is to pay for the French and Indian War; to pay for a British army in North America; to protect colonists against American Indian attacks
Why do you think Common Sense by Thomas Paine was so popular?
What is it made a strong case for the idea that citizens could make their own laws, and encouraged political and economic freedom
November 13, 1775, in Canada; Patriots won
What is the Battle of Montreal
A French general who fought in the American Revolution. He helped in the Battle of Yorktown.
Who is Comte de Rochambeau
What are the three main points of the document declaring our freedom from our mother country?
1. all men possess unalienable (natural) rights
2. Britain had violated the colonists’ rights with unfair laws and interference
3. the colonies had the right to break from Britain
The First Continental Congress delegates debated what
What is whether violence was avoidable
When did the American Revolution end?
What is 1783