People
Commanded Patriot forces and eventually became the first President of the United States
George Washington
The _____ River Valley was contested land between the French and British territory in North America
Ohio
A political protest in which angry colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston harbor
Boston Tea Party
Colonial militia volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minute’s notice
Minutemen
The state with the initials VA
Virginia
Was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The ocean directly east of the colonies
Atlantic Ocean
Required colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages
Quartering Act
The refusal to obey unjust laws using non-violent means
Civil disobedience
According to popular myth, young George Washington chopped a ______ tree and did not lie to his father about it
Cherry
Published a pamphlet named Common Sense promoting the Revolutionary cause
Thomas Paine
The mountain range in northeastern America that also formed a natural boundary for the Proclamation line
Appalachians
In 1765, first British attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice.
Stamp Act
A major grievance against British rule, based on the belief that colonies should have a say in how they are taxed
"Taxation without representation"
A nickname for British soldiers based on the color of their uniforms
Redcoats
King ______ III was the reigning king of Britain during the American Revolution
George
Was a center of trade in the colonies and a major city in the state of Massachusetts; called "the birthplace of the American Revolution"
Boston
A series of acts passed by the British government in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party, including closing the harbor until colonists paid back what they destroyed
Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts)
The concept that everyone is naturally "endowed by their Creator" with certain rights that cannot taken away (including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
Unalienable rights
In his poem "Concord Hymn," Ralph Waldo Emerson says the first shot fired in this battle was the "shot heard 'round the world"
Battle of Lexington and Concord
A nickname for a colonist who stayed loyal to Britain and did not feel revolution was justified
Loyalist
The Battle of ________ was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the Revolutionary War
After the French and Indian War, this British law forbade settlement on Indian territory and ordered settlers already there to withdraw
Proclamation of 1763
Year that the Declaration of Independence was ratified
1776
This Founding Father's son was a dedicated Loyalist
Benjamin Franklin