American Revolution
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III?
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
Complete this famous phrase "No taxation....
What is "WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"?
Name of the battle where the British army took heavy losses on Breed's Hill
What is Bunker Hill?
5 colonists shot in front of the Customs House.
What is the Boston Massacre?
A temporary fighting force made up of local citizens.
What is a militia?
These acts placed taxes on items like paint, glass, paper, lead, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
A nickname given to British Soldiers based on their uniforms.
What are Redcoats or Lobsterbacks?
One of the patriot leaders from Boston that warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord whose "Midnight Ride" story included " the Redcoats Are Coming"
Who is PAUL REVERE?
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON?
"Fiesta" at the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The name given to colonists who wanted independence.
Who were the Patriots?
A wealthy French military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War.
If you know his full name you get a duck!!!!!
Who is Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier
AKA the Marquis de La Fayette
He wrote Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Rearrange these letters to form the action that came to an end with the French and Indian War.
torulasy gneeclt
What is salutory neglect?
What was the name of the hit-and-run tactics that the Patriots used against the British?
What is guerilla warfare?
This person was said to be the richest man in Boston and he is famous for his signature on the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock?
Someone in the colonies who did not want independence from England.
What is a LOYALIST
Who won the Revolutionary War?
USA! USA!.
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw stuff into the Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Complete this line " We hold these truths to be ___ ___"
self-evident
He led the Green Mountain boys in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Who is Ethan Allen?
He was a famous lawyer who defended the British soldiers at trial after the Boston Massacre, signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1st VP of the US, 2nd President of the US, his son also became President and his cousin has a beer company named after him.
Who is John Adams?
The place where George Washington's troop spent the harsh winter of 1777-1778?
What is Valley Forge?
The surrender of the British, which resulted in the end of the American Revolution, happened here.
What is Yorktown?
The battle in upstate NY, it was turning point in the war?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Complete the line by Nathan Hale
" I regret that I have but one _______ to give to my country."
What is life?
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
What is Lexington and Concord?
This was the punishment for the Tea Party
What were the Intolerable Acts?
The date the Declaration of Independence was ratified, printed, and signed for the first time by the Second Continental Congress?
July 4, 1776
This was the name of colonial soldiers who would be ready to resist British attack “in a moment's notice"
Who were the minutemen?
Where the "mother country" takes natural and other resources from its colonies.
What is mercantilism?
Patrick Henry is famous for saying "Give me ________ or give me death."
What is liberty?
The reason the Battle of Saratoga is known as the "turning point of the war"?
What is we gained France as an ally?
Born in Boston, he was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher who represented Pennsylvania at the Second Continental Congress.
He's on the $100 bill
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This Prussian army officer is known for training the Continental Army at Valley Forge, transforming it into a professional fighting force during the American Revolution and instilling discipline, establishing standardized drills, and writing the crucial military manual known as the "Blue Book" .
If you know his whole name and title you get a duck!!!!
Who is Baron Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Steuben?