THIS IS WHAT COLONISTS WERE CALLED WHO REMAINED LOYAL TO ENGLAND
WHAT ARE LOYALISTS?
IN 1773, A GROUP OF PATRIOTS IN BOSTON DISGUISED AS INDIANS SNEAKED ONTO A BRITISH SHIP LOADED WITH TEA & THREW THE TEA OVERBOARD
WHAT IS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?
THIS IS THE POSITION OF COLONISTS WHO CHOSE NEITHER SIDE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
WHAT IS NEUTRAL?
THE BRITISH ARMY SURRENDERED AT THIS IMPORTANT BATTLE IN VIRGINIA. IT WAS ALMOST THE END OF THE WAR.
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN?
WHAT IS PARLIAMENT?
THIS PERSON WAS A FRENCH NOBLEMAN AND HELPED THE CONTINENTAL ARMY WIN THE WAR. HE HAD THE FRENCH KING SEND SOLDIERS AND SUPPLIES.
WHO IS MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE?
WHAT DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED IN 1783 AND OFFICIALLY ENDED THE WAR
TREATY OF PARIS
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE STATED THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL AND HAVE THE RIGHTS TO WHAT THREE THINGS?
WHAT ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS?
THIS MEANS ALLOWED BY LAW TO RULE OR MAKE DECISIONS
WHAT IS LEGAL AUTHORITY?
THIS PERSON WAS A POLITICAL LEADER AND WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
WHO IS THOMAS JEFFERSON?
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN WAS FOUGHT ON WHAT MAJOR RIVER
YORK RIVER
WHO WAS THE KING DURING THE REVOLUTION
KING GEORGE III
HOW DID PARLIAMENT AND THE COLONISTS DISAGREE OVER WHO HAD LEGAL AUTHORITY AND THE RIGHT TO CREATE TAXES IN THE COLONIES?
WHAT IS PARLIAMENT BELIEVED THEY HAD LEGAL AUTHORITY, WHILE THE COLONISTS BELIEVED THEIR LOCAL ASSEMBLIES DID. PARLIAMENT BELIEVED THEY COULD TAX THE COLONISTS, BUT THE COLONISTS DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FAIR SINCE THEY HAD NO REPRESENTATION.
WHY DID SOME ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS FIGHT IN THE WAR?
WHAT IS THEY FOUGHT FOR A BETTER CHANCE OF FREEDOM?
WHAT WAS THE LAST LOCATION OF THE CAPITAL?
RICHMOND