People
This person was the general of the Continental Army and first president of the United States.
George Washington
This is harbor that had the tea from The Boston Tea Party dumped into it and was subsequently closed by the King of England.
The Boston Harbor
This was the act that ordered colonists to house and feed British military.
The Quartering Act
This event that happened late at night in Boston resulted in the deaths of 5 people.
The Boston Massacre
This is the date the Declaration of Independence was signed.
July 4, 1776
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This is the battle site where "The Shot Heard Around the World" was fired.
Lexington, MA
This is the act that put a tax on paper goods like letters, writing paper, playing cards, newspapers, calendars, legal documents, and more.
The Stamp Act
The publication of this pamphlet by Thomas Paine helped convince many people across the colonies of the need to be independent of British rule.
Common Sense
This woman disguised herself as a man to enter the Continental Army. She was injured twice before her secret was revealed.
Deborah Sampson
This person was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and one of the leaders of the Sons of Liberty.
John Hancock
This was the battle where the first real military action took place between British soldiers and American minutemen.
The Battle of Lexington-Concord
This act put a tax on tea and lead to the Boston Tea Party.
The Tea Act
The Green Mountain Boys captured this fort while seizing British cannons.
Battle of Ticonderoga
This African American spy worked his way into British Headquarters and gained the trust of British generals.
James Armistead
This person was the author of Common Sense.
Thomas Paine
This is the site where the American military settled in to wait out the winter of 1777 into 1778.
Valley Forge
This act put a tax on many goods brought in from England such as glass, paper, tea, and paint.
The Townshend Act
This battle against Burgoyne and the British lasted two months and the American victory prevented the capture of the Hudson River Valley.
What is a mercenary?
This person was an American army general who joined the British army in exchange for money.
Benedict Arnold
This is the site of the final battle of the American Revolution and where the British surrendered.
Yorktown
Laws passed by British Parliament to punish the people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
This event was in protest against the Tea Act and resulted in the Intolerable Acts being put in place by the British.
The Boston Tea Party
This officially ended the American Revolution by being signed in 1783.
The Treaty of Paris