Vocabulary
To protest by not participating
Boycott
This man was the leader of the Continental Army. After the war, he became our first president (hint: he's on the $1 bill)
George Washington
A tax on tea
Tea Act
This Boston battle resulted in an American defeat, but many more British soldiers died
Battle of Bunker Hill
These militia soldiers "could be ready at a minute's notice" to fight the British
Minutemen
A list of complaints
Grievance
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence. After the war, he became our third president (hint: he's on the $2 bill and the nickle)
Thomas Jefferson
Tax on Paper Products
Stamp Act
This was the first battle of the American Revolution
(100 points per each town name)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This is what would happen to Loyalists who publicly supported British taxation
Tar-and-feather
These are the three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence - 100 points per right
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
This man was the leader of the British Army. He surrendered to Washington (kinda) at Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Tax on sugar
Sugar Act
This important victory convinced France to join the war on the American side
Battle of Saratoga
The Declaration of Independence was signed on this date (Month, Day, Year)
July 4th, 1776
Small, short battles
Skirmish
This French hero and George Washington were very close - like father and son
Marquis de Lafayette
Law that forced colonists to house British soldiers
Quartering Act
This treaty officially ended the war in 1783
The Treaty of Paris (1783)
These German mercenaries hired by the British were known to be fierce, brutal fighters
Hessians
Spying
Espionage
This man used guerrilla tactics against the British Army in the southern colonies during the war
Francis Marion
"Swamp Fox"
After the French and Indian War, colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains because of this law
Proclamation of 1763
This is where Washington and his men spent a cold, harsh winter in 1777
Valley Forge
DOUBLE POINTS: These are two famous spies who were captured and hanged during the war (one British, one American).
500 points per person
John Andre (British)
Nathan Hale (Nathan Hale)