Causes
This war gave Britain control of French land in North America.
What is the French and Indian War
This protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Led the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The place where soldiers suffer a harsh winter.
Where is Valley Forge?
Word meaning refusing to buy goods to protest.
What is Boycott?
This law stopped colonists from moving west in 1763.
What is Proclamation of 1763?
This is the law that caused the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
Spoke out for immediate action and fighting for liberty.
Who is Patrick Henry?
Washington’s main strategy.
What is be patient and avoid large battles?
Document explaining why colonies left Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The reason colonists angry about the Stamp Act.
What is Tax without representation?
The purpose of the Committee of Correspondence.
What is to share news and warnings between colonies?
Reason Washington chosen as leader.
What is he was experienced and a respected military leader.
Reason France joined the war.
What is when the British defeat at Saratoga. (To support the colonists)
Group that shared news between colonies.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
The protest that helped the Townshend Acts get repealed.
What are Boycotts?
The battle convinced France to join the war.
What is Saratoga?
The name of colonists loyal to Britain.
Who were loyalists?
The reason Britain shift fighting to the South.
What is they were hoping for Loyalist support?
Taxes on imported goods like tea and glass.
What are Townshend Acts?
The phrase meaning colonists should not be taxed without a voice.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
The final battle ended the war.
What is Yorktown?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What “The World Turned Upside Down” referred to.
What is America defeating Britain unexpectedly?
When colonists think of themselves as one people.
What is Colonial unity?