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The leader of the Continental Army and the future 1st President.
Who was George Washington?
The place where a brutal winter caused the American cause to lose over 10,000 soldiers to starvation and hypothermia
What is winter at Valley Forge
This event was a result of high tea tax, so people protested the selling of tea in a unique way...
What is the Boston Tea Party
"Taxation without Representation"... This group now is control of taxes
What is Congress has power to raise and collect taxes
Human Rights they can not take away without "just" cause
What are Unalienable Rights"
The author of "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis"
Who is Thomas Paine?
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
"And fired the shot heard round the world."
What is Lexington and Concord?
The increase in tax on paper made life be very difficult for Colonists since their main form of communication was newspapers and letters...
What is the Stamp Act?
"King has Deprived our right to a trial of our peers" ... The ___ Amendment...
"Judgement from a group of my peers"
What is a Jury?
The speaker who has the famous rally cry of "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This place was the "Turning Point" of the war in America's favor. We see the start of the French impact in this Battle.
What is Battle of Saratoga?
The colonists were not very happy about soldiers living in their homes...
What is the Quartering Act?
"King has Absolute power"... Congress can now __________ a president's veto.....
What is override?
The "military" men who helped during Lexington and Concord
Who were minutemen?
The famous French general who paid his own fortune to support the Revolution against Britain
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
The Location of the LAST battle in the Revolution (Not the name of the battle, the STATE)
What is Virginia?
This group included Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, and they were strong believers in the Separation from the King
"King has suspended all colonial legislatures and all the power is with one person"... We did this with our government structure...
What is the 3 Branches or Separation of Powers?
This written work was read to soldiers during the Winter at Valley Forge to help boost morale.
What is "The American Crisis"?
The author of famous satires that called out slavery and called for liberty... Helped the Bill of Rights be put in the constitution
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
The Last battle of the American Revolution where the British waved the white flag of surrender...
What is Battle of Yorktown?
This restriction (Name of Agreement) back in the 1760s was a big start to the extreme anger towards the king since they worked so hard to fight the French for the land...
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The king did not try to fix or change the government for the citizens.... The _____ Amendment gives the power to change laws if needed to help citizens...
What is the 9th Amendment?
Where did the new border of the United States end after the new Treaty?
What is the Mississippi River?