Road to Revolution
Before the Revolutionary War, the Thirteen Colonies belonged to this country.
What is Great Britain?
This law stated that colonists could only buy British tea.
What is the tea act?
This person was the commander of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
The Declaration of Independence said that the Thirteen Colonies were independent from this country.
What is Great Britain?
These two battles, known by the phrase "The shot heard round the world" were the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What were the battles of Lexington and Concord?
Colonists threw crates of tea into Boston Harbor during this event.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This law placed a tax on imported sugar.
What is the sugar act?
This person was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The Declaration of Independence says that all people are born with these rights.
What are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
This battle which happened in Virginia ended with Lord Cornwallis's surrender, effectively ending the war.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
British soldiers fired into a crowd of protestors during this event, killing five colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This order from King George III banned settlers from going west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This person was a member of the Continental Congress and a famous inventor who helped convince France to join the Revolutionary War.
Who was Ben Franklin?
The Declaration of Independence says that governments derive (get) their power from this group.
What are the people?
George Washington achieved his first major victory as commander of the Continental Army by crossing a frozen river during this battle.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to encourage and support American Independence.
What was Common Sense?
This act placed a tax on all paper products.
What is the Stamp Act?
This person was an African American poet who wrote in support of the Revolutionary War.
Who was Phillis Wheatley?
The Declaration of Independence says that people establish governments in order to do this.
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The Thirteen Colonies sent delegates to this event in order to find a solution to their problems with British rule.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This law said that colonists had to provide food and shelter to British soldiers.
What was the Quartering Act?
This person was the commander of the British Army that surrendered at Yorktown.
Who was Lord Charles Cornwallis?
This British philosopher inspired the Declaration of Independence by saying people were born with the rights to life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
This battle was a major American victory and convinced France to join the war. It is known as the TURNING POINT of the Revolution.
What was the battle of Saratoga?