Important People
Major Events
Taxes/ Acts
The War
Vocabulary
100
Warned local people that the British invasion from Boston by shouting, "The regulars are coming!"
What is Paul Revere
100
American patriots disguised themselves as Indians and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party
100
Under the ______ Act, colonists were instructed that they must house British troops that were stationed in Boston.
What is Quartering
100
General Washington and his soldiers spent the winter of 1777-1778 in ________.
What is Valley Forge
100
A nonprofessional army made up of citizens who served during emergencies.
What is a militia
200
Published a pamphlet entitled Common Sense
What is Thomas Paine
200
The Boston riot in which five people were killed and six others wounded.
What is the Boston Massacre
200
Parliament passed the _________ Act, which tightened British control on colonial trade by taxing sugar, molasses, and other imports
What is Sugar
200
The battle in which the British General Cornwallis surrender his army to General Washington.
What is Yorktown
200
to refuse to buy, sell, or use an item in order to force a change.
What is boycott
300
Leader of the Continental Army and first president of the United States.
What is George Washington
300
As a result of this war, Great Britain needed money to pay back its loans and Britain gained France's land east of the Mississippi River.
What is the Seven Years' War
300
The ________ Act was a tax on printed materials (newspapers, etc.)
What is Stamp
300
This treaty gave the colonist their independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris
300
The overthrow of a government by force and the establishment of a new one.
What is a revolution
400
Main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Jefferson
400
The pamphlet that convinced many colonist that the colonies should separate and declare their independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense
400
The colonists were angry about being taxed by Britain because they had no _______ in British government.
What is representation
400
The first battle of the American Revolution took place in
What is Lexington and Concord
400
Citizens gathered for a purpose, such as making laws and setting taxes.
What is assembly
500
President of the Second Continental Congress
What is John Hancock
500
The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III to seek _______ with Britain.
What is peace
500
To officially cancel or do away with a law or a tax.
What is repeal
500
This battle is the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is Saratoga
500
a product brought into a country for sale or use.
What is import
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