Road to Revolution
This law passed by the British Parliament put a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies.
Who is the Stamp Act?
He was the commander of the Continental Army throughout the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington
This early battle, though a British victory, showed the colonists' determination to fight. "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" was famously said here.
What is the Battle of Bunker HIll
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This is loyalty or faithfulness to a person, cause, or country
What is allegiance?
This conflict, fought between Britain and France with their Native American allies, led to a lot of debt for Britain and new taxes for the colonists.
What is the French and Indian War?
This document, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This important battle saw the British general Charles Cornwallis surrender to George Washington, effectively ending the major fighting of the war.
What is the British surrender at Yorktown?
This founding father was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was the name of the British government's attempt to raise money from the colonies by taxing various printed materials.
What was the Stamp Act?
This act by the British government closed off land west of the Appalachian Mountains to colonial settlement.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This word means to stop goods or people from entering or leaving a place, often by using ships.
What is a blockade?
He was the British general who surrendered his army at Yorktown.
Who is Charles Cornmallis?
These were the first plan of government for the United States, but they created a weak central government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This event, where colonists dressed as Native Americans, was a protest against British taxes on tea.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This famous protest involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This man wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense," which encouraged colonists to declare independence.
This famous American general secretly tried to turn over West Point to the British
Who is Benedict Arnold?
What document formally ended the Revolutionary War?
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The Continental Army's leader during the war
Who is George Washington?
This British governing body passed many laws that angered the colonists, including the Stamp Act.
What is Parliament?
This word describes a person who betrays their country
What is a traitor?
The ideas and beliefs held by the general public about an issue or person. This was very important in gaining support for the Patriot cause.
What is public opinion?
This word means to discuss something in order to reach an agreement
What is negotiate?
The traitor of the American Revolution
Who is Benedict Arnold?