Vocabulary
Lodging, housing
Quartering
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
British soldiers wearing red uniforms
Redcoats
To cut off an area
Blockade
What is our school mascot?
Warriors
Rebellions
Insurrections
Who wrote "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine
Members of the local militia who were ready to fight at a minute's notice.
Minutemen
An armed private ship
Privateer
Where do you get your hand plastic ID?
Media Center
To urgently call upon
Conjured
Act that required colonists to house British soldiers.
Quartering Act
The Virginian who commanded the Continental army.
George Washington
What place had to be captured in 1777
Albany
What ocean do you swim in here in Daytona Beach?
Atlantic Ocean
Soldiers hired to fight for a country not their own
Foreign Mercenaries
Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea party.
Intolerable Act
Colonists who chose to fight for independence.
Patriots
A surprise attack
Ambush
Who is our school principal?
Dr. Inge
Asked formally for a correction of wrongs
Petitioned for redress
The peace agreement in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Colonists, sometimes called Tories, who remained loyal to Britain
Loyalists
What group lacked military experience?
Patriots
What is your team mascot?
Eagles