Conflict in the Colonies
This Act required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal when they bought paper items. (don't forget the date)
What is the Stamp Act of 1765
The skirmishes in these two towns were the first battles of the Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
He was the main author of the "Declaration of Independence".
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
By winning this battle, the French and Spanish joined the Patriots in their "Revolution" against the British.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
In this treaty, Great Britain recognized that the United States was an independent country.
What is the e Treaty of Paris of 1783?
She wrote plays criticizing the greed of British leaders.
Who was Mary Otis Warren?
He was chosen by the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental army.
Who was George Washington?
Benjamin Franklin was "true" Patriot, but his son William was this.
What is a Loyalist?
He brought a group of soldiers from Europe and served without pay through the end of the war.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
At the end of the American Revolution, many of the Iroquois people moved to this country?
What is Canada?
For this reason many American colonists object to paying new taxes imposed following the French and Indian War.
What is taxation without representation
He said theses famous words in support of American independence, "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
In January of 1776, his pamphlet argued against having a monarchy and for independence, influencing many colonists’ opinions.
Who was Thomas Paine?
In the Battle of Trenton, George Washington defeated this group of mercenaries.
Who are the Hessians?
He was the British general who fought in the South and surrendered at Yorktown.
Who was General Cornwallis?
In the spring of 1774 British parliament passed these Acts on the colonies. The colonists called them "Intolerable" Acts.
What are the Coercive Acts?
These two men set out to warn the patriots in the New England country side when Mr. Robert Newman flash two lights from the steeple of the Old North Church.
The Declaration of Independence said All people have these 3 unalienable rights.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
In Valley Forge, he ran the first "Boot Camp" for the American soldiers.
Who was Baron Friedrich von Steuben?
He was slave who spied for the Americans and helped the Continental army trap the British army at Yorktown.
Who was James Armistead?
This African American sailor was killed during the Boston Massacre in 1770.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
He said, "The rebels have done more in one night than my whole army could have done in a month".
Who was General Howe?
Abigail Adams asked her husband to include this in the Declaration of Independence, but he didn't listen....
What is "Women's Rights"?
He is known as the "Father of the American Navy".
Who is John Paul Jones?
This French commander helped surround the British army at Yorktown.
Who was Comte de Rochambeau?