American Revolution Vocabulary
This word means freedom.
What is liberty?
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The colonies loved his leadership so much that they made him the first official President of the colonies.
Who is George Washington?
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper. The tax was put into place to have the colonists pay Britain back for their help during the French and Indian War.
These were the key players in the French and Indian War.
Who is the French and Great Britain?
This is the date that is used to celebrate the independence of the United States
This is a bowling game played with 9 pins.
What is ninepins?
These are the people who supported Great Britain and the King.
Who are loyalists?
The colonists were so upset about the tax on tea that they several Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Native Americans took the side of what group/groups in the French and Indian War.
Who are the French and the British?
His was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
This word means to undo or withdraw a law.
What is repeal?
He was the one that shared many of his ideas about the colonists' independence by writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the group of American colonists who disagreed with British rule of the 13 North American colonies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This is one of the first causes that led to the American Revolution because the colonists felt they had no representation or say in the decision to create this.
What was the Stamp Act?
Who was the only colony who did not send representatives to the First Continental Congress because they believed they were doing well under British rule?
Who is the colony of Georgia?
This word means too painful or hard to be accepted.
What is Intolerable?
He helped to edit the Declaration of Independence. He also assisted the colonial army by getting supplies from France. He represented the colonists when signing the Treaty of Paris.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Fill in the blank: Protests occurred because the colonists felt they were being treated unfairly because of "taxation without ______________."
What is representation?
This location was where the first shots were fired that began the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
"The British are coming!" were never actually spoken as many believe. Instead the words, "The regulars are coming out!". This man used these words to warn the colonists the British Soldiers were near.
Who is Paul Revere?
This is an official statement of something (to declare something)
What is a declaration?
He was the Patriot that made the angry speech against the Stamp Act. His famous quote is "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This was another new law designed to raise money, by encouraging the Americans to buy more British tea, which they would have to pay tax on.
What is the Tea Act?
The British decided that the colonies needed to be punished for the Boston Tea Party. They issued a number of new laws that the colonists called them this.
What are Intolerable Acts?
This officially ended the American Revolution.