Influential People
What was the protest called when colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard?
Boston Tea Party
In what year did the Revolutionary War begin?
1775
Who was chosen to command the Continental Army?
George Washington
On what date did the Second Continental Congress vote to approve the Declaration of Independence?
July 4, 1776
What were civilians during Revolutionary era sworn to be ready to fight at a moment’s notice called?
minutemen
What group did Samuel Adams help to start that protested the Stamp Act as well as organizing other protests in Boston?
Sons of Liberty
What was the act that put taxes on all printed materials?
Stamp Act
Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
Lexington, MA
Where was the last major battle of the war?
Yorktown
What was an American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed war for independence called?
Loyalist
What is a privately-owned ship outfitted with weapons?
privateer
Where did the Continental Army spend a difficult winter in 1778?
Valley Forge, PA
Who is considered the greatest naval hero of the American Revolution?
John Paul Jones
What is a refusal to buy items in order to protest certain actions?
boycott
What document ended the war?
Treaty of Paris
What colonial captain became a traitor to the Patriot cause by selling military information to the British?
Benedict Arnold
Who offered the resolution to the Second Continental Congress to end ties with Britain and become an independent state?
Richard Henry Lee
What man was president of the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence large enough for King George to read without his glasses?
John Hancock
What is a military force made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in emergencies?
militia
Besides Paul Revere what other person rode from Boston on April 18, 1775 to spread the word that the British were coming?
William Dawes or Dr. Samuel Prescott
What is the name of John Paul Jones’s ship?
Bonhomme Richard
What French commander arrived in 1780 along with thousands of soldiers to aid the Americans?
Comte de Rochambeau
What colonial spy is claimed to have said “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”?
Nathan Hale
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense which listed reasons why America would be better off free from Great Britain?
Thomas Paine
Which acts set taxes on commodities such as glass, tea, and paper?
Townsend Acts