Famous Figures
He fought in the French and Indian War for the British and later became the commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This act required colonists to provide food and housing to British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
The first battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This group wanted independence from Britain.
Who were the Patriots?
This war over land in the Ohio River Valley caused Britain to go into debt.
What was the French & Indian War?
He is known for saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry
This act placed a tax on all legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This battle showed the British the Americans would not be easily defeated, even though they technically lost.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This group preferred to remain loyal to Britain.
Who were the Loyalists?
This law prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence-his name became famous for it.
Who is John Hancock?
This series of acts punished Boston for the Tea Party by closing its port.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Washington crossed the Delaware River to surprise the Hessians in this battle.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
These people mostly avoided the conflict altogether.
Who were the Neutrals?
This treaty officially ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This Enlightenment thinker inspired colonists with Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on selling tea.
What is the Tea Act?
This was the final major battle of the war, leading to the British surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This female figure became a symbol of women helping on the battlefield by carrying water to soldiers.
Who was Molly Pitcher?
This document officially declared the colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
He is considered the Father of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
In protest of unfair taxes, many colonists began doing this with British goods.
What is boycotting?
This American victory convinced France to join the war on the side of the colonists.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
He was thought to have been the first person killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
This document, sent to King George III, was a final plea for peace.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?