People
Before the War
During the War
Terms
Odds and Ends
100
Commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
100
Protest where the Sons of Liberty destroyed shiploads of tea in Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
On July, 4 1776.
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
100
American who supported independence from Great Britain.
What is a Patriot?
100
3 rights listed in the Declaration of Independence
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
200
King of Great Britain during the American Revolution
Who is King George III?
200
War between France and Great Britain which resulted in British taxation of the colonies
What is the French and Indian War?
200
First battles of the American Revolution.
What is Lexington and Concord?
200
American who opposed independence from Great Britian.
What is a Loyalist?
200
First plan of government for the United States, 1781
What are the Articles of Confederation?
300
French nobleman who volunteered for Washington’s army
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
300
Tax on paper products.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
Last battle of the American Revolution
What is the battle of Yorktown?
300
British lawmakers.
What is Parliament?
300
According to the Declaration of Independence, where a government gets its power from
What is the people?
400
Negotiated the French Alliance after helping with the Declaration of Independence; later negotiated the Treaty of Paris, 1783
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains in lands gained from France
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
400
Site of winter camp where Washington’s army endured harsh conditions –freezing, lack of food, etc.
What is Valley Forge?
400
Rights that cannot be taken away.
What are Unalienable Rights?
400
Slogan which summarized a major cause of the American Revolution –colonists protesting taxation by Parliament
What is "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION?"
500
Massachusetts delegate to the Second Continental Congress who pushed for independence; later helped with the Treaty of Paris, 1783
Who is John Adams?
500
Laws punishing Boston for the Boston Tea Party, including closing the port of Boston and quartering soldiers in people’s homes
What are the Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts?
500
Turning point of the revolution, American victory led to the French alliance.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
500
A formal complaint, usually against government authority
What is a grievance?
500
English philosopher who inspired the theory of government in the Declaration of Independence.
Who John Locke?
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