Taxes and Acts
This act placed a tax on all printed goods including playing cards and documents.
The Stamp Act
Angry colonists protested the Tea Act by dumping tea into Boston Harbor during this 1773 event.
The Boston Tea Party
The first battles of the Revolutionary War took place in these two Massachusetts towns.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
He was the commander of the Continental Army.
George Washington
Colonists who supported independence from Britain were known as this.
Patriots
This act of 1767 placed duties on glass, paper, paint, and tea.
The Townsend Acts
This 1770 confrontation resulted in five colonists being killed by British soldiers.
The Boston Massacre
The “shot heard ’round the world” refers to this historic event.
The fighting at Lexington and Concord
This European nation officially allied with the Americans after the victory at Saratoga.
France
Colonists who remained loyal to the British crown were called this.
Loyalists
This act gave the British East India Company exclusive rights to sell a popular drink in the colonies.
The Tea Act
This group, formed by Samuel Adams, spread anti-British propaganda and organized protests.
The Sons of Liberty
Despite being a British victory, this June 1775 battle proved the colonists could stand up to the British army.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The British surrender at this 1781 battle effectively ended the war.
The Battle of Yorktown
Many Loyalists fled to this place after the war.
Great Britain, or one of Great Britain's other colonies.
In 1774, Britain punished Massachusetts with these restrictive measures following the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts (also called the Coercive Acts).
Delegates from 12 colonies met in 1774 at this gathering to organize colonial resistance.
The First Continental Congress
This famous phrase from the Declaration states that “all men are created equal” and possess these three unalienable rights.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Washington led a surprise attack on the Hessian troops stationed in what New Jersey town on Christmas Day?
Trenton
Most Native Americans sided with this power during the American Revolution.
The British
This official announcement from the King limited the American colonists' ability to move west past the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation of 1763
This rallying cry reflected the idea that Parliament was taxing the colonies without their consent.
No Taxation Without Representation
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on this date.
July 4, 1776
Despite fighting for their land and independence, Native Americans were excluded from negotiations in this 1783 treaty.
Treaty of Paris
Why did many African Americans side with the British in the American Revolution?
Enslaved African Americans were promised their freedom if they joined the British Army.