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?
THE BRITISH ARMY SURRENDERED AT THIS IMPORTANT BATTLE IN VIRGINIA
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN?
THE COLONIES HAD NO REPRESENTATION IN THIS BRITISH LAW-MAKING BODY
WHAT IS PARLIAMENT?
THIS WAS THE 1ST LAND BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FOUGHT IN VIRGINIA
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF GREAT BRIDGE?
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 PERMITTED BY LAW TO RULE OR MAKE DECISIONS
WHAT IS LEGAL AUTHORITY?
THE VICTORY AT YORKTOWN WAS IMPORTANT TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES BECAUSE IT ENDED THE WAR AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COLONIES WERE NOW FREE TO DO THIS
WHAT IS MAKE THEIR OWN LAWS OR GOVERNMENT?
THIS KING WOULD NOT LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COLONISTS
WHAT IS 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?
THE AMERICAN VICTORY AT GREAT BRIDGE FORCED THE BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNOR TO FLEE THE CITY OF____
WHAT IS NORFOLK?