Road to the Revolution
The Revolution
The Revolution #2
Famous People
Peace
100
A political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts where colonists disguised themselves and ruined British goods.
What is the Boston Tea party?
100
Act passed by King George that stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses.
What is the Quartering Act?
100
Colonists who stayed loyal to King George and did not want to revolt.
What were Loyalists?
100
Commander and chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
Adopted by Congress on July 5th, 1775 to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. King George ignored it.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
200
Required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
Untrained colonial men who worked together to fight of Redcoats.
Who are minutemen?
200
Colonists who supported the American Revolution and wanted to separate from British rule.
What were Patriots?
200
A man who rode across the countryside warning colonists that the British were coming by sea.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
Signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
The colonists wanted to gain independence from Britain.
What is the main reason for the American Revolution?
300
Battle that the colonists lost, but the British had many casualties and realized that the colonists actually had a chance at winning.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
300
A British soldier.
What is a RedCoat?
300
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
Name of the European country that helped the colonists fight the British because they were mad at the British still from a recent war.
What is France?
400
The war that the British won right before they fought the Americans in the American Revolution that the British won. Colonists helped the British win this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
Last battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
400
Approximately 30,000 German troops hired by the British to help fight during the American Revolution
What are Hessians?
400
Imposed many terrible acts and taxes on the British colonists and did not listen to their requests.
Who was King George III?
400
The date in which the Colonists declared their independence from Britain and King George III.
What is July 4, 1776?
500
Explain how this picture was used as propaganda for the American Revolution.
- Made massacre look much worse than it actually was
- Spread throughout colonies to fire people up and make them angrier at the British
500
Explain what happened at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
- British came by Sea
- Colonists were warned by Paul Revere
- Moved weapons from Lexington to Concord
- First shot/real fight of the American Revolution
- Many colonists died or fled
500
Explain who, where, and when this event took place.
George Washington
Crossing the Delaware River
Surprise attack on British on Christmas Eve
500
Explain who Crispus Attucks was.
An American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent, who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre.
500
Explain the Olive Branch and sword approach.
Teacher is the judge.