Pre-Revolutionary War
Spilling of British tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Act that was being protested through the Boston Tea Party
What is the Tea Act
This battle marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Lexington & Concord
The date on which the Declaration of Independence was signed
July 4, 1776
Leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
Fight over taxation & freedom; 5 colonist killed
What is the Boston Massacre?
Tax on paper goods
What is the Stamp Act?
What was the longest siege of the Revolutionary war?
What is the siege of Boston
What was the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
What is the Bill of Rights
The people who opposed the British taxes
Who are the colonists?
Warned the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere?
What was the first act imposed on the colonies?
What is the Sugar Act
First major Battle of the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Main Author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
King of Britain
Who is King George III?
What the colonists dressed up as during the Boston Tea Party
"Indians"
The law (act) stating all British laws (acts) were to be followed by the colonist
What is the Intolerable Act?
The Battle that French naval and American Army soldiers corned British forces?
What is the Battle of Yorktown.
The man who signed the Declaration of Independence the biggest
John Hancock
The second president of the United States who supported the cause of the American Revolution
John Adams
The Name of the group of men that rebelled against the British in Boston?
What is the Sons of Liberty
What is the act that the colonist where forced to follow after the Boston tea party?
What is the Boston Port Act.
What was the Battle that finally caused France to Ally with the colonies?
What is the Battle of Saratoga
What was the most common occupation among the signers of the Declaration of Independence?
What is Lawyer?
The General that switched sides during the war because his work was overlooked?
Who is Benedict Arnold