Causes
This event, which occurred on March 5, 1770, included the first American deaths in the American Revolution.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The famous Patriot is now on the $100 bill.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The battle where the "Shot Heard Round The World" occurred.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The Bill of Rights is the first _________ Amendments of the US Constitution.
What is ten?
This country was the main ally to the United States during the American Revolution.
Who is France?
The Boston Tea Party was a colonial protest against the British _________ on the American tea trade.
What is a monopoly?
Name a Founding Father who did not become president.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
In 1783, The US signed the Treaty of ____________ ending the war.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
__________________, an American spy, said, "My only regret is that I have but one life to lose from my country."
Who is Nathan Hale?
The effect of the Boston Tea Party was ___________.
What is the Intolerable Acts?
This person wrote 'Common Sense'.
Who is Thomas Pain?
George Washington and his men crossed the ____________ River and defeated a group of 800 Hessians in Trenton, NJ.
What is the Delaware River?
The government get its power from ________________.
Who is the people?
This British general surrendered at Yorktown.
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
Paul Revere's engraving following the Boston Massacre was an example of _________________.
What is Propaganda?
This future president and founding father, was not involved in writing the Declaration of Independence?
Who is George Washinton?
British forces under Charles Cornwallis surrendered at ______________ in 1787 in the last major battle of the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The Declaration of Independence give people certain ________________.
What are unalienable rights?
The colonies were able to defeat the British because of these advantages (List 3).
What is strong leadership, support from France, a reason to fight, home-field advantage, etc?
The _______________ Acts were the first passed by the British Parliament.
What is the Stamp Acts?
This person has the iconic signature that was the largest on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
This battle took place in the state of New York.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
According to the Declaration of Independence, it is your right and duty to ___________________ a government that becomes destructive.
What is to change or abolish?
The American Revolution lasted from ________ to ______.
What is 1775-1783?