British Actions & Colonial Resistance
This 1763 British law banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
These colonists wanted independence from Great Britain.
Who are Patriots?
This group of colonial leaders met to decide how to respond to British rule.
What is the Continental Congress?
These citizen soldiers were ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
Who are Minute Men?
This Spanish leader helped the Americans by fighting the British in Louisiana.
Who is Bernardo de Gálvez?
This war left Britain in debt and led directly to new taxes on the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
Colonists who remained loyal to the British king were called these.
Who are Loyalists?
This section of the Declaration explains why the colonies believed independence was justified.
What is the list of grievances?
These first battles of the American Revolution took place in Massachusetts.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This secret activity helped both sides gather information during the war.
What is espionage?
These laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party by closing Boston Harbor. Give the name of them from BOTH the British and American perspectives.
What are the Coercive / Intolerable Acts?
This group of colonists organized protests and boycotts against British taxes.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
This 1215 English document influenced American ideas about limited government and rights.
What is the Magna Carta?
This American victory convinced France to become an ally. (MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR)
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This harsh winter camp tested the endurance of the Continental Army.
What is Valley Forge?
Colonists argued that Parliament could not tax them because they had no ________ in Parliament.
What is representation?
These colonists tried to stay neutral because they feared war or losing property.
Who are Undecided colonists (Neutralists)?
Influential Writer used clear, persuasive language to convince many colonists that independence from Great Britain was necessary?
Who is Thomas Paine?
This final major battle forced Britain to surrender and effectively ended the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Name one woman who contributed to the American Revolution through writing, fighting, spying, or support.
Who is Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Mary Ludwig Hays, Deborah Sampson, Phillis Wheatley, or Betsy Ross?
Which British law caused colonists to work together across colonies, organize boycotts, and argue that Parliament had no right to place direct taxes on them?
What is the Stamp Act of 1765?
This Patriot leader earned the nickname “The Penman of the Revolution.”
Who is John Dickinson?
Name two of the colonists grievances that were listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are taxation without representation, dissolving colonial legislatures, and keeping a standing army in peacetime?
This 1770 event, in which British soldiers fired on colonists in Boston, was used by Patriots as propaganda to unite the colonies against Britain.
What is the Boston Massacre
what challenges did Washington and the Americans troops face during the winter at Valley Forge?
Lacked adequate supplies (personal, medical, food, etc) & soldiers were dying and not healthy enough to keep fighting.