Causes of the Revolution
This 1764 tax on sugar and molasses angered colonists who believed taxation without representation was unfair.
What is the Sugar Act?
He led the Continental Army across the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776.
Who is George Washington?
The first battles of the American Revolution occurred at these two Massachusetts towns.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This document formally announced the colonies’ separation from Britain.
This city is the capital of the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
Passed in 1765, this law required colonists to pay for official stamps on all paper documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
This Prussian officer trained American troops at Valley Forge in European military discipline.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
This 1776 battle raised American morale after Washington’s daring river crossing.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
This assembly brought together representatives from all colonies to coordinate resistance.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This mountain range runs along the eastern United States.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This war left Britain deeply in debt and led them to tax the colonies more heavily.
What is the 7 Years War/ French and Indian War?
This American naval hero led the Continental Navy and famously said, “I have not yet begun to fight.”
Who is John Paul Jones?
This American victory convinced France to officially support the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
After the war, this treaty officially recognized American independence and set new borders.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This is the largest state in the United States by land area.
What is Alaska?
Colonists protested British taxation by dumping tea into Boston Harbor in this famous event.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He commanded British forces at Yorktown and ultimately surrendered to American and French troops.
Who is General Cornwallis?
Harsh winter conditions and training here helped the Continental Army become stronger and more disciplined.
What is Valley Forge?
This phrase became a rallying cry for colonists who believed they shouldn’t be taxed without a voice in Parliament.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
This person is on the 10 dollar bill.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Britain punished Massachusetts for protests with these harsh laws that closed Boston’s port and limited self-rule.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
These two British generals were supposed to meet in the Hudson Valley, but one abandoned the plan to capture Philadelphia.
Who are Generals Burgoyne and Howe?
This 1781 siege ended major fighting, with American and French forces trapping Cornwallis.
What is Yorktown?
This document prevented colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This U.S. region includes states like Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
What is New England?