Lead Up to the War
The people who wanted to remain loyal to Britain
What are Loyalists?
An act that taxed paper goods by requiring them to bear a government stamp
A river crossed by Washington in the winter to launch a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries
What is the Delaware?
America's Favorite Frenchman who helped to end the war
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
The 10 amendments added to the constitution to secure ratification
What is the Bill of Rights?
British troops fire at a group of protestors killing 5
What is the Boston Massacre?
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine which served to convince people that the British were being unjust and that independence was the right of the colonies
What is Common Sense?
A battle in Boston that resulted in the loss of a strategic hill at great cost to the British Army
What is Bunker Hill?
The first founding document enacted by the now independent colonies
The first three words of the Constitution
What are We the People?
The first shots of open conflict between British troops and a Continental militia
What is the Shot Heard Round the World?
An act that lowered taxes benefiting a British company, hurting American merchants
What is the Tea Act?
The meeting in which the colonists first agreed to create militias
Washington's first act after the war
What is stepping down?
An ammendment that protects against unlawful searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Those who were loyal to the colonies and wanted independence
What are Patriots?
A protest in Boston involving the Sons of Liberty which caused massive financial damage
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Who is John Locke?
The thing that the federal government could not levy
What are taxes?
An amendment that protects your right to assemble
What is the First Amendment?
A document written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson, espousing support for natural rights
What is the Declaration of Independence?
An act where Britain declared its ability to govern the colonies
What is the Declaratory Act?
An American spy who, as he was about to be hanged for treason against the crown, said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
Who is Nathan Hale?
The farmer who started a rebellion as a result of taxation
Who is Daniel Shays?
What people call exercising their right to not self incriminate
What is Pleading the Fifth?