American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Complete this famous phrase that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain. "No taxation....
What is "WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"
Winter 1777-78; the American camp during a tough winter; saw many die of starvation or the cold, but also saw the Continental Army turned into a tough, disciplines, cohesive unit.
What is Valley Forge?
This document officially ended the American Revolution as an agreement of peace and in what year?.
What is the TREATY OF PARIS-1783
These Acts were created in response to the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
What Act proposed limits to the colonist on westward expansion?
The Proclamation of 1763
What placed a duty on glass, lead, paint and tea?
The Townshend Act
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
Hired by the British these were German mercenary soldiers called?
Hessians
What country was an ally of the Patriots?
France The French
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What war lead to the END of salutary neglect? (the british started enforcing navigation laws after this) and the taxes and debt from this war was a cause of the American Revolution
The French and Indian War
What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.
A the beginning of the war the Continental Army was made up of mostly...
untrained and undisciplined colonists
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST=TORY
What officially ended the American Revolution name and date?
Treaty of Paris 1783
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
True or False The Declaration of Independence was written and sent after the American Revolution had already begun.
What did the proclamation of 1763 state? (after the French and Indian War, the proclamation limited the colonists from doing what?)
They were not allowed to go passed the Appalachian mountains, it was reserved for Native Americans.
This person wrote the Decleration of Independance
Thomas Jefferson
Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War?
The American victory convinced France to ally with the United States.
Where was the Battle of Yorktown and when?
The Final battle of the revolution VA. 1781
Which battle was an important win for the Patriots and helped turn the war around?
Battle of Saratoga
What British general surrendered at Yorktown ending the American Revolution?
General Lord Charles Cornwallis https://youtu.be/8iLnVlrIpUQ
What battle is known as the "shot heard around the world"
Battles of Lexington and Concord
True or False The British military had the advantage of being highly trained and skilled at war
True
What date was the Declaration of Independence approved by the 2nd Continental Congress?
July 4th 1776
Many members of the First Continental Congress opposed declaring independence because they
believed peace with Great Britain was still possible
Where the "mother country" takes natural and other resources from its colonies
What is Mercantilism
What are the three unalienable rights written in the Declaration?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Who was one famous woman in the Daughters of Liberty that boycotted British goods and would later write to her president husband to "remember the ladies"?
Abigail Adams
Successful inventor from Pennsylvania who represented the colonies in Britain and tried to convince the British government to treat the colonies fairly. Also the Mediator for the constitutional Convention
Benjamin Franklin
Famous Patriot that immortalized the Boston Massacre in print?
And warned the colonists the British were coming...
Paul Revere
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