Important People
Known for their famous midnight ride
Who is Paul Revere
Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is 1776
Men who had to be ready in less than a minutes notice
Who are minute men
At the beginning of the war, there were how many colonies
What is 13
First-person to sign the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock
British soldiers shot and killed 5 innocent civilians in town
What is the Boston Massacre
The year the American Revolution started
What is 1775
Nickname given to British soldiers in the Revolutionary War
Who are Redcoats
The group that rejected the British rule
What are whigs
He surrendered following a three-week siege and a failed attempt to flee across the York River to Gloucester
Who is General Cornwallis
The first battle of the American Revolution
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord
This is the year Britain surrendered in the Revolutionary War
What is 1781
The act required the colonists to pay a tax represented by a stamp on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards
The city the First Continental Congress was held
What is Philidelphia
He went to France to ask them for help. He also created the U.S. Postal Service and was part of the Continental Congress
Who is Ben Franklin
The river they crossed in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against Hessian forces
What is the Deleware River
The year of the First Continental Congress
What is 1774
This document ended the French and Indian War
The document adopted by the second continental congress
What is the Declaration of Independence
The King of Britain during the American Revolution
Who is King George lll
Delaware and Seneca Loyalists attacked Wyoming Valley. Settlers fled south taking only what they could carry
What is the Great Runaway
The year the French and Indian War started
What is 1754
German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army during the American Revolutionary War
What are Hessians
An United States aircraft carrier or where Cornwallis surrendered
What is Yorktown