Unalienable Rights
This first formal meeting in Independence Hall was caused by the Intolerable Acts, it united colonies, it outline grievances, & resulted in British boycotts.
What is the 1st Continental Congress?
This was the fist shot of the American Revolutionary War.
What was the Shot Heard Around the World?
This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress on November 15, 1777.
What is Articles of Confederation?
When one country uses its war ships to block ports and stop trade to control another country.
What is a Naval Blockade?
This battle in New York served as a turning point for the Colonial Army.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This This formal meeting in Independence Hall, caused by Shay's Rebellion, intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but instead resulted in the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness.
What are unalienable rights?
This former British Officer was promoted to Commanding General of the Patriot Army.
Who was George Washington?
This person was slave, Colonial spy & British waiter.
Who is James Armistead?
This famous colonial naval commander said, “I have not yet begun to fight!” He is also the founder of the modern U.S. Navy.
Who is John Paul Jones?
This person was a Founding Father, the leader of the Sons of Liberty, and organized the Boston Tea Party.
Who is Samuel Adams?
This person was a founding father, he wrote the Declaration of Indpendence, and later became the 3rd POTUS.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The idea behind the slogan "No taxation without representation".
What is Consent of the Governed?
This person was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is King George?
This person was a mercenary from France, Colonial Commander, & champion of James Armistead.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
This famous Founding Father said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This person is the most famous traitor in American history. He was a Patriot general who defected to the British side.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
This person was a Founding Father, the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, and who had largest & most famous signature.
Who is John Hancock?
The colonial peace treaty rejected by King George.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
The second formal meeting in Independence Hall responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence, Olive Branch Petition, and the Articles of Confederation.
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
George Washington's horrendous Colonial Army winter camp in Pennsylvania.
What is Valley Forge?
This captured colonial spy's last words were, “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country!” before being executed.
Who is Nathan Hale?
This was a patriot victory and the last battle of the Revolutionary War in Virginia.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This year is recognized as the birth of American democracy.
What is 1776?
The first battle of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts (Colonial victory).
What is Lexington & Concord?
This is the founding document of the United States, it outlined the grievences and declared the independence of the thirteen United States of America on the 4th of July 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Famous colonial political playwrite who was a female.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
This person was a Founding Father, minuteman, and a freedom rider who said, “The British are coming!" and “one if by land, two if by sea".
Who is Paul Revere?
This was an armed uprising by veterans in response to a debt crisis caused by the lack of government taxation. This crisis proved the failure of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
This formal event, France formaly ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris?