I Do Declare
I do declare, he was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This treaty recognized the United States as an independent country, with established borders.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This is the city where the First and Second Continental Congress met to discuss troubles with Great Britain.
What is Philadelphia?
This was an incident where colonists clashed with British soldiers and five colonists died as a result.
What was the Boston Massacre?
I do declare, he was chosen by the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This person's pamphlet, Common Sense, persuaded many colonists to support independence from Great Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
These colonists faced hostility because they sided with the British.
What are loyalists?
The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish Boston colonists for this act of vandalism.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This character sang in the musical Hamilton, "I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love."
Who is King George III?
The First Continental Congress did not want to declare independence but to ask this person in England to correct problems with the colonies.
Who is King George III?
All people have ___________________ rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
unalienable
Since colonists were unable to vote for representatives they objected to paying new taxes imposed following this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
Great Britain passed this sweet act to pay for keeping an army in North America.
What is the Sugar Act?
I do delcare, colonists challenged British taxes effectively by refusing to buy British goods, also known as this.
What is a boycott?
This group petitioned King George III again and created the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The first battles of the American Revolution took place at these two Massachusetts locations.
What is Lexington and Concord?
At the war’s end, many members of these nations who had fought on the side of the British moved to Canada.
Who are the Iroquois?
This Founding Father was six feet tall according to his orders for suits.
Who is George Washington?
It is the three arguments in the Declaration of Independence.
What is
- All people have unalienable rights
-King George III violated those rights
-The colonies have a right to break from England since their rights were violated
The Declaration of Independence did NOT address the rights of these three social groups.
What are women, Native Americans and enslaved people?
The British army under General Cornwallis surrendered to a combined American and French army in this last major battle of the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The Quartering Act, requiring colonists to house British soldiers, was one of the more disliked parts of these acts.
What is the Intolerable Acts?
In 2026 the United States will be celebrating its Semiquincentennial, being a government for _______ years.
What is 250 years?