People
Who is John Paul Jones?
Founder of the Navy and won some naval battles
What is sugar act?
Tax on sugar
Which document was signed on July 4, 1776?
Declaration of Independence
Shot heard around the World ( First Battle)
Lexington and Concord
What is John Hancock known for?
Signing the Declaration of Independence
What is tax on paper?
Stamp act
What are the Navigation Acts?
a series of laws passed by the British Parliament to regulate trade and shipping between England and its colonies, and to restrict trade with other countries
Turning point of the war and why?
Saratoga - France Joined
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?
What are your unalienable rights?
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Why did the colonies have the first continental congress?
England was taxing the colonist without representation
Where did Washington train his army?
Valley Forge
What did Thomas Paine do?
Who wrote most of the Common Sense?
What act closed the Boston Harbor?
Intolerable Acts
What are the three Natural rights you have?
Life, Liberty, and Property
Last Battle of the war
Yorktown
Leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Law passed by the British preventing the colonists from going west of the Applachchian mountains
What is "Taxation without Representation"?
Colonists' saying about being taxed with representation in British government
What document gave the colonies their independence?
Treaty of Paris 1783