Causes of the War
Dressed as Indigenous people, the Sons of Liberty dumped 340 chests full of British goods into the Boston Harbor, during this event.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These were the first battles of the Rev. War.
What were the battles of Lexington and Concord?
This figure was the first US diplomat, sent to France to convince them to join the Revolutionary War.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This word refers to citizen-soldiers who were ready to fight.
What is a militia?
This term means introduction.
What is a Preamble?
These laws inspired the Patriot chant, "no taxation without representation!"
What are the British Tax Acts?
This battle was the final battle of the Rev. War, ending in an American victory in 1781.
What was the battle of Yorktown?
This figure was an important general during the 7 Years' War, and became the head general during the American Revolution, and eventually our first president.
Who was George Washington?
This word refers to people who supported American Independence.
Who were the Patriots?
This is the second section of the Declaration. It talks about Locke's ideas, and that government should be overthrown when it is not serving these ideas.
What are the Natural Rights?
After a snowball fight turned bad, this event became sensationalized in the colonial newspapers for the killing of 5 Bostonians at the hands of the British soldiers.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This strategy was used by the British to take back land in the south, and then crush the rebellion in the north. It did not work.
What is the southern strategy?
This figure wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This term refers to the people who supported staying with Great Britain.
Who were the Tories/Loyalists?
This is the third section of the Declaration, referring to the list of issues that the colonists had with King Charles III.
What is the list of Grievances?
Following the 7 Years' War, the American colonists were not allowed to cross into the Ohio river valley due to this line.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
This battle was considered the turning point of the war.
What was the battle of Saratoga?
This British philosopher inspired the terms "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Who was John Locke
This term refers to the setting of a battle or war.
What is a theater?
This is the fourth and final section of the Declaration. It talks about the choice for the Americans to gain independence.
What is the resolution?
TRUE OR FALSE: there were more loyalists than patriots in the colonies.
What is FALSE.
This was the final treaty that made peace between the Americans and the British.
What was the Treaty of Paris, 1783?
These two French generals fought alongside the Americans during the Revolution.
Who were Rochambeau and Lafayette?
This term refers to a representative at the Continental Congress.
What is a delegate?
This is what we would call the Declaration of Independence, in that the United States was born out of it.
What is a founding document?