Causes of the Revolution
What phrase captured the colonists’ anger about unfair taxes?
Taxation without representation
Who served as commander of the Continental Army?
George Washington
What battle was the “shot heard ’round the world”?
Lexington and Concord
Which 1765 law required colonists to buy a stamp for paper goods?
Stamp Act
What document declared the colonies “free and independent states”?
Declaration of Independence
What 1763 British policy banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation Line of 1763
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What battle inspired Washington’s men to reenlist after crossing the Delaware River?
Battle of Trenton
Which 1767 law added taxes on glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea?
Townshend Acts
What Enlightenment idea says people have natural rights like life and liberty?
Natural Rights
What event was used as propaganda to demonize British soldiers in 1770?
The Boston Massacre
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What 1777 victory convinced France to join the war on America’s side?
Battle of Saratoga
What acts punished Massachusetts by closing the harbor and enforcing quartering?
Intolerable Acts
According to the Declaration, where do governments get their power?
From the consent of the governed
Why did the British increase taxes after 1763?
They were in debt from the French & Indian War
Who was the Prussian officer who trained Washington’s army at Valley Forge?
Friedrich von Steuben
What was the final battle of the war where Cornwallis surrendered?
Battle of Yorktown
What act lowered the tax on molasses but restricted trading partners?
Sugar Act
What does the Declaration say people may do if the government abuses its power?
Alter or abolish it
What event in 1773 involved colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor in protest?
The Boston Tea Party
Who was the French aristocrat who secured French aid and helped train soldiers?
Marquis de Lafayette
What early battle showed the Americans could stand and fight, despite losing?
Battle of Bunker Hill
What group communicated secretly between colonies to organize resistance?
Committees of Correspondence
What 1775 pamphlet argued that it was time to separate from Great Britain?
Common Sense