The Colonies
The British parliament decided to tax the colonies more in order to pay back the money spent on these wars.
What are The French and Indian Wars?
This person's job was to haul cannons 300 miles from New York to Boston.
Who is Henry Knox?
George Washington's army.
What is The Continental Army?
Colonists who remained devoted to Britain.
Who are loyalists?
Colonists were upset about all of these that Parliament placed on them.
What are taxes?
This group was made up of 56 delegates from all 13 colonies.
What is The Continental Congress?
Tax on all legal and commercial documents such as diplomas, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards.
What is The Stamp Act?
When the colonists stopped buying British goods.
What is a boycott?
Colonists who rebelled against the British government.
Who are patriots?
British soldiers opened fire on rioting colonists.
What is The Boston Massacre?
Thomas Jefferson wrote this document to declare independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This bell rang out to let colonists know that the Declaration of Independence had been approved.
What is The Liberty Bell?
Breeds Hill is the actual location of this famous battle.
What is The Battle of Bunker Hill?
This militia got their name because they said they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
Who are the minutemen?
British soldiers could stay in any colonists' homes they wanted any time they wanted.
What is The Quartering Act?
Colonists flew liberty flags from these, and when British soldiers cut them down, they began flying flags from liberty poles.
What is a liberty tree?
Naval blockades in the Boston Harbor until all the tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for.
What is The Tea Act?
A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans, then boarded ships, broke open tea crates, and pushed all the tea into the harbor.
What is The Boston Tea Party?
This patriot alerted the colonists that the British were coming. He rode from town to town yelling, "to arms, to arms!"
Who is Paul Revere?
Taxes on sugar, molasses, and other imported goods.
What is The Sugar Act?
This phrase signified the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What is "the shot heard around the world"?
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War.
What is The Treaty of Paris?
The British hired these German soldiers to help them fight the patriots.
Who are the Hessians?
This was the nickname given to women who helped care for the American soldiers.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
The colonists believed that the taxes were unfair and came up with this three-word phrase.
What is, "taxation without representation"?