Famous Places
Nobody knows who pulled the trigger, but the first shot of the Revolutionary War was fired here on April 19, 1775.
Lexington, Massachusetts
(Battle of Lexington & Concord)
He wrote Common Sense to convince colonists to join the Patriot movement.
Thomas Paine
Patriots supported the Declaration of Independence, but this group of Americans opposed it.
Loyalists
Who wrote the freaking Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
(He was helped by a small committee that included Adams and Franklin.)
The Second Continental Congress selected him to lead the new Continental Army in 1775.
George Washington
In 1775, the colonists convened the First Continental Congress in this city to discuss a unified response to the Intolerable Acts -
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
She wrote one of the earliest accounts of the Revolutionary War.
Mercy Otis Warren
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against taxation without representation and mercantilism. This kind of protest is called __________ disobedience.
Civil Disobedience
When Thomas Jefferson refers to unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence, what is he describing?
Natural rights belonging to all human beings
He is considered to be the Father of the American Navy, because he won battles at sea against the British -
John Paul Jones
The Battle of Saratoga is considered to be the Turning Point of the Revolutionary War.
Why?
The United States' victory over the British at Saratoga convinced the French to support the American cause.
Washington was so concerned about his men during the Winter of 1777-1778, he wrote a letter warning Congress that unless something changed, the army would either starve, dissolve or disperse.
Where was Washington's army camped that winter?
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Patriots used boycotts to protest against unfair taxation. What is a boycott?
Boycotts are a form of protest where people refuse to buy goods or services.
What three examples of unalienable rights did Jefferson list in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
This young French aristocrat commanded colonial troops in battle against the British.
The Marquis de Lafayette
(Lafayette)
Explain how Washington was able to safely evacuate his men from Long Island.
He used the cover of night and weather (thick fog) to conceal the evacuation by boat across the East River into New York City.
This document officially ended the war and forced the British to recognize American independence.
The Treaty of Paris (1783)
When he fell at the Boston Massacre, he became the first to give his life for the patriot cause.
Crispus Attucks
What group of delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia?
The Second Continental Congress
He spied on the British and passed information on to Lafayette.
James Armistead
Explain how this was a contributing cause of the American Revolution -
British economic policies following the French & Indian War
The British used taxes and mercantilism to raise money to pay their war debt.
Explain how this event was a contributing cause of the American Revolution -
Proclamation of 1763
The king restricted westward expansion across the Appalachian Mountains, making the Ohio Country an Indian reservation, instead. This upset the colonists, and they began to distrust their king.
Explain how this event was a contributing cause of the American Revolution -
The Stamp Act
All colonists had to pay taxes on documents and paper. The tax had to be paid with silver coins which were hard to get in the colonies. The tax was passed without their consent, and colonists believed it violated their rights.
Explain two ways in which John Locke's philosophies influenced the content of the Declaration of Independence.
1) John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man, believing all men are born with rights that cannot be taken away. 2) Locke believed governments are created to protect those rights. 3) Locke argued that when government doesn't do its job, the people can replace that government. Jeffferson incorporated each of these ideas in the Preamble.
Explain how this issue was a contributing cause of the American Revolution -
Lack of representation in Parliament
Colonists had to pay taxes created by a government in which they had no representation. They claimed this "taxation without representation" violated their rights as Englishmen.