Unfair British Acts
This law banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
In this event, colonists used it as propaganda after British soldiers killed 5 people.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This person was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The victory at Saratoga convinced this country to join the war as an American ally.
What is France?
He had been an officer in the French and Indian War and was later chosen to be the Commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This act put a tax on paper goods like newspapers and legal documents.
What was the Stamp Act?
What are the names of the the two colonist groups who either supported independence or British rule.
Patriot and Loyalist
At the start of the war Washington's Army was defeated and driven away from what Colony.
New York
This battle is called the "turning point" of the war.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This famous American was sent to France to convince the French King to help the colonies in the war.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This act put a tax on imports like glass, lead, paint, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts?
Colonists did this to British goods to protest the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts.
What is boycott?
The main importance of the Battles of Lexington & Concord was that it did this.
What is starting the Revolutionary War?
Washington's army spent a harsh winter at this camp.
What was Valley Forge?
This was the final major battle where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
This act gave a British company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
What was the Tea Act?
This group was formed to organize resistance against the Stamp Act.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The "shot heard ‘round the world" was fired at this first battle of the war.
What were the Battles of Lexington & Concord?
The army came out of Valley Forge stronger and better trained because of this man.
Who was Baron von Steuben?
The British general whose surrender ended the war?
Lord Cornwallis
These were laws passed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
This group was formed by the colonists to organize against the Intolerable Acts.
What was the First Continental Congress?
In this battle, Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night to surprise the Hessian troops.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
The main importance of the Battle of Trenton was that it did this for the American army.
What is boost morale (or keep the army from collapsing)?
This is what happened to British General John Burgoyne and his entire army when they fought the Americans at the Battle of Saratoga.
What is they were defeated and forced to surrender?