Declaration of Independence
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
At this event, sons of liberty dumped British tea into the Boston harbor. This event polarized opinions.
What is The Boston Tea Party?
What is Lexington?
What are minutemen?
This man was the leader of the American forces.
Who is George Washington?
These are the three unalienable rights
what are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
This War put England in debt, which is largely why they began to levy taxes in the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This battle was a turning point in the war. This battle encouraged the French to form a military alliance with the Americans.
What is Saratoga?
This is a word that means unable to take away or separate.
unalienable
Author of Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
All men are equal insofar as they have this in common.
What are the three unalienable rights?
This was one of the single most successful pieces of propaganda in American history.
What is Common Sense?
The English three pronged plan meant for its forces to converge at this city.
What is Albany?
This is the term for when people decide to protest by refusing to buy a certain product or refusing to buy from a certain establishment.
What is a boycott?
The young French idealist, who volunteered to fight for the Americans. He became something like an adopted son to Washington.
Who is Lafayette?
In this kind of society, men are born into positions of power.
What is a monarchy or Divine Right of Kings?
This act shifted what could have remained a financial dispute into a constitutional or ideological dispute.
What is the Declaratory Act?
The Americans had these three advantages over the British.
What are defensive war, George Washington, and high morale?
What is inflation?
This Enlgishman, who became quite notorious among the patriots, issued the Stamp Act.
This kind of society allows people, either through their natural talents or hard work, to earn a position of power or wealth.
What is a meritocracy?
The colonists cried: "No Taxation without Representation!" The British, in response, said the colonies had this kind of representation, in which the colonies were spoken for from afar.
What is virtual representation?
These two victories were very important for boosting morale of the American troops.
What are Trenton and Princeton?
This word means supreme power or authority. This is what England claimed it had over the colonies in its Declaratory Act.
What is sovereignty?
The Prussian that helped train the American Troops, helping Washington to convert a rag tag militia into an official army.