Age of Exploration
This network of trade routes connected Asia and Europe and was famous for the trade of silk.
The Silk Road
This young colonial officer gained military experience during the war.
George Washington?
Who warned the countryside that the British were coming but was captured before reaching Concord?
Paul Revere
This secret patriotic group organized protests in Boston against British taxation in the 1760s.
The Sons of Liberty
Known for his midnight ride, this patriot warned colonists that British troops were coming.
Paul Revere
This 1620 agreement established self-government among English settlers in New England.
The Mayflower Compact
This group of people often allied with the French during the war.
Native Americans
What was the British army attempting to seize in Concord?
Colonial weapons and ammunition
This 1770 event occurred when British soldiers fired into a Boston crowd.
The Boston Massacre
He served as commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Columbus believed he had reached this continent when he landed in the Americas in 1492.
Asia
This 1763 treaty ended the fighting between Britain and France.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
What famous phrase describes the first shot of the Revolutionary War?
“The shot heard ’round the world”
This earlier tax on paper goods helped spark protests led by Boston patriots.
The Stamp Act?
This Virginia orator and patriot famously declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Patrick Henry?
This invention helped spread books and ideas quickly, fueling exploration and spreading religious writings that influenced groups like the Pilgrims.
Gutenberg Printing Press
After the war, Britain gained control of this former French territory.
Canada?
What city did the British retreat to after the battles?
Boston
These 1774 laws were meant to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts
This skilled diplomat helped secure French support for the American cause.
Benjamin Franklin
This mapmaker’s first name was used to name America after his detailed maps of the New World.
Amerigo Vespucci
This war was part of a larger global conflict known as ____________________?
The Seven Years’ War?
Who fired the first shot at Lexington?
No one knows
This patriot leader of the Son's of Liberty used speeches and writings to rally Boston colonists.
Samuel Adams
This author of “Common Sense” argued for independence from Britain.
Thomas Paine