Before the War
The disagreement between the British and the French over land along the Ohio River.
What is the French & Indian War?
The American Revolution ended here with a British surrender.
What is Yorktown?
He was a great hero of the American navy.
Who was John Paul Jones?
The idea that American colonists did not have a say in the English Parliament, which enacted taxes without their consent.
What is "taxation without representation"?
A large amount of something being stored for future use.
What is a stockpile?
This happened during the French & Indian War.
The British defeated the French and gained new land.
He helped train the American soldiers at Valley Forge.
Who was Baron von Steuben?
The first shot of the American Revolution, also known as "the shot heard round the world," was fired here.
What is Lexington?
Breaking the rules on purpose.
What is defiant?
Disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy.
What is treason?
These are the people that resisted the Stamp Act by boycotting British goods.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The Continental Army lost almost half its men during the winter here.
What is Valley Forge?
She was the woman who dressed in men's clothing and joined the Continental Army.
Who was Deborah Sampson?
To be in short supply, or not have enough.
What is scarce?
A person who supported the cause of the colonists during the American Revolution.
What is a Patriot?
The Boston Tea Party was trying to stop this.
What was British tea being delivered to the colonies?
He was the African American man killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Washington won his first great victory here.
What was Trenton?
This pamphlet convinced many of its readers that America should break away from England.
What was Common Sense?
A person living in the colonies who did not support the American cause and remained loyal to Great Britain.
What is a Loyalist?
The laws that took away Massachusetts's self-government, appointed a military governor for the colony and required colonists to house British soldiers.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
He rode through Massachusetts towns warning people that the British army was marching to Concord.
Who was Paul Revere?
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The First Continental Congress issued this to the British government stating that colonists were entitled to the rights of Englishmen.
What was the Declaration of Rights?
A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country.
What is a mercenary?