Pre-War Events
The act that placed taxes on legal documents
Stamp Act
President of the second Continental Congress
John Hancock
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense and...
American Crisis
The riot that killed 5 people and wounded 6 others
Boston Massacre
The main writer of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Creator of the American Flag
Betsy Ross
The act that told colonists not to move west into Indian territory
Proclamation of 1763
The second president of the United States
John Adams
Worst traitor in American history
Benedict Arnold
The act that forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes
Quartering Act
Alter definition
Change
The event that ended the war on Sept. 3, 1783
Treaty of Paris
Nickname for the battle of Concord
The shot heard around the world
Abolish definition
Destroy
The last major battle of the American Revolution
The Battle of Yorktown