Dissatisfaction
What did colonists not have a say in?
Parliament
Who was the British leader during the Revolutionary era?
King George III
Where were the first armed conflicts of the Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
Name one of the rights listed in the Declaration of Independence
What is another name for a British soldier?
Loyalist or Redcoat
Who made the laws in the colonies?
Legislatures
Who was a famous patriot who warned colonists of British arrival?
Paul Revere
What event involved colonists taunting the redcoats and eventually being shot at by them?
Boston Massacre
According to these thinkers, what is the government's job?
To protect people's rights
Who championed the cause for American Independence?
John Adams
What did Great Britain do to the colonies after the French and Indian War?
Impose taxes
What individual helped gain French support for the colonists?
Benjamin Franklin
What was the site of Cornwallis's surrender?
Yorktown
The people
What date do we recognize as the approval of the Declaration of Independence?
July 4th, 1776
England and France
Who was the Commander of the Continental Army?
George Washington
What colony did not send representatives to the First Continental Congress?
Georgia
What is another word for a right that cannot be taken away?
Unalienable
Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain?
Loyalists
What document stated that the colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
What war did George Washington get most of his experience from before the Revolution?
French and Indian War
Which came first: the Battles at Lexington and Concord, the approval of the Declaration of Independence, or the Boston Tea Party?
Boston Tea Party
The document that proclaimed independence for Britain.
Declaration of Independence
What were people called who wanted independence?
Patriots