No Taxation Without Representation!
Because of the French and Indian War, the British had a lot of debts to pay. They decided to pay their debts through...
taxing the colonies.
This person was an African American who was one of those killed in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence that all Americans are entitled to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of ___________."
Happiness
The fellows could be ready to fight the British is just one minute.
Minutemen
This was the battle where Americans tried to keep two hills overlooking Boston. They lost the hills, but killed half the British troops.
Bunker Hill
This was the legislative body of Great Britain who decided to issue the taxes on the colonies.
Parliament
Who made an engraving depicting armed British soldiers firing at unarmed colonists to stir up anger at Great Britain?
Paul Revere
Dr. Joseph Warren told the men at Bunker Hill, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their ___________."
Eyes
This person was selected to be commander of the Continental Army.
George Washington
This spy was able to go behind British lines by posing as a servant to General Cornwallis. His information helped win the war.
James Armistead
Colonists said the taxes were unfair because they had no representation in Parliament. "Representation" means...
Someone to speak for them.
The Tea Act raised the taxes on tea. The men of Boston protested this by...
Dumping the tea in Boston Harbor
Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me ____."
Death
This person signed the Declaration of Independence the largest so that King George would see his signature first.
John Hancock
This Frenchman came to help the Americans. His positive attitude and cool head in the midst of battle won Washington's respect.
Lafayette
Many colonists decided to protest the taxes by boycotting the taxed goods, including sugar, tea, paper, and glass. What does it mean to boycott something?
When the British set out to seize the colonists' weapons in Concord, who set out on a midnight ride to tell the Minutemen, "The British are coming!"
Paul Revere and William Dawes
fight
This person was a printer in Philadelphia who helped convince the French to help the Americans win the war.
Benjamin Franklin
This Prussian taught the Americans how to fight at Valley Forge.
Von Steuben
The Quartering Act required colonists to...
Feed soldiers and give them a place to sleep in their own homes.
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in what town?
Lexington & Concord
The colonists were upset about taxes because they said there should be "No taxation without ________."
representation
This person wrote "Common Sense", which convinced many colonists that we needed to fight for Independence.
Thomas Paine
This was the final battle of the war, won when the Americans and French surrounded the British on a Virginia peninsula.
Yorktown