Vocabulary
Shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
What is Blockade
What is the Boston Tea Party
On July 4, 1776 the ________________ was approved
What is the Declaration of Independence
Including the rights to be free and to choose how to live
What are unalienable rights
Name two ways women supported the war
1. Some joined their husbands at the front
2. Took care of the wounded. Washed clothes, cooked
The colonists who favored war against Britain
December 16, 1773, men disguised as ________________ boarded three ships in __________ harbor
What is the American Indians and Boston
____________ was chosen to write a formal document listing reasons the colonies should separate from Britain.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
A person who betrays his or her country
What is a traitor
The Declaration of Independence had three parts. Name and describe each.
1. Preamble: Introduction
2. List of Grievances against King George III
3. Conclusion: Introduced the colonies as the U.S free of all ties to Britain
Rights that belong to all people from birth
What are natural rights?
In Boston, citizen soldiers called _____________ gathered weapons and gunpowder
What are minutemen
In June, 1776, _________ presented to _________ a resolution on the right of the colonists to be free.
Who is Richard Henry Lee and what is the congress
Introduction to the Declaration of Independence
What is a preamble
Why did Washington and his troops suffer so much at Valley Forge? Give 3 reasons
1. They were Under supplied
2. Shortage in food and medicine
3. Drafty huts couldn't keep out the cold
4. Soldiers were sick
Volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minute's notice
What are minutemen
The ____________, Congress passed it in 1783, established the terms for peace
What is the Treaty of Paris
British General William Howe decided to attack straight up ___________
What is Bunker Hill
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain
What is a loyalist
The nonviolent refusal to obey laws that one considers unjust
5,000 ________ served in the American Army. 2,000 served in the _________
What are African Americans and the Navy
The British won the __________, Americans proved they could fight the __________
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill and who are the British
Hit and run tactics to harass the British