Causes
This phrase was, and still is, widely used as a kind of motto of the Revolution, showing how colonists felt about British government keeping the colonists out of making decisions
No taxation without representation
This act put taxes on molasses and sugar that the colonies imported
Sugar Act
What advantages did the British have over the Americans in the war?
Greatest army & navy in the world
Funds to pay soldiers, to buy equipment and resources
Funds to pay foreign soldiers to fight for them (Hessians)
He was the commander of the Continental Army
Bonus (double points): What other war did he serve in?
George Washington
Bonus: French & Indian War
What are the three "unalienable rights" Jefferson listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Bonus (double points): Which Enlightenment thinker believed in almost the same 3 natural rights?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Bonus: John Locke
After this war that took place both in the colonies and in Europe, the British government had to figure out how to pay off the war debt, leading them to tax the colonies
French and Indian War (Seven Years' War)
This law taxed printed goods, including playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
The Stamp Act
These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War (Hint: they took place in Massachusetts)
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
Bonus (double): What year was it signed?
Treaty of Paris
Bonus: 1783
Although many debate who actually started it, this 1770 incident demonstrated the growing tensions between colonists and British soldiers in Boston
Bonus (double points): How many people died?
Boston Massacre
Bonus: 5
This law taxed lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea
Townshend Acts
This battle was the turning point of the Revolution - since the Americans won, it convinced the French to give the colonists their support. It also ended the British threat in New England (Hint: it took place in New York)
Battle of Saratoga
He was an important figure in the Revolution who served as an ambassador of the American colonies, helping to negotiate French support for the Revolution
Bonus (double points): What was the name of his famous political cartoon with the cut up snake?
Benjamin Franklin
Bonus: Join or Die
Common Sense, urging the colonists to support American independence, was written by what revolutionary patriot?
Proclamation of 1763
What is one thing that the Intolerable or Coercive Acts did?
Bonus (double): What event were the Intolerable Acts a response to?
Closed the Port of Boston
Reduced power of assemblies in colonies
Permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere
Provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
Bonus: Boston Tea Party
This is where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778. Many troops died from disease and malnutrition. (Hint: it's located in Pennsylvania)
Valley Forge
This secret organization of American patriots was behind protests such as the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
What did the Articles of Association, drafted at the First Continental Congress, ask the American colonies to do?
To stop importing British goods / called for a boycott of British goods
Name two specific Enlightenment ideas/concepts that influenced colonial patriots during the Revolution
Natural rights, individual liberty, social contract, right to revolution, popular sovereignty/consent of the governed, republicanism, freedom of speech, secularism
This was the name of the meeting held by representatives of the colonies in response to the Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
This is the final battle of the Revolutionary War, that ended with an American victory and a British surrender in 1781. (Hint: it took place in Virginia)
Battle of Yorktown
These were two men who both represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congresses and were both instrumental in the American Revolution, especially in Boston. They share the same last name as they were actually second-cousins.
John and Sam Adams
What was 1 weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Couldn't tax, draft soldiers, or regulate trade
No executive or judiciary
States had more power than the national government