Final battle of the American Revolution
What is Yorktown?
First President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
Acts passed after the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Ordinary citizens who serve in an army
What are militia?
Country formed after the American Revolution
What is America, or United States?
Nickname for Lexington and Concord
What is the "Shot Heard Round the World"?
2nd President of the United States
Who is John Adams?
War that led to taxes for the colonists
What is the French and Indian War?
To convince someone of something
What is persuade?
Country the Americans gained independence from
What is England, or Britain?
Famous camp for the colonial soldiers during a harsh winter
What is Valley Forge?
Famous for signaling the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere?
Famous slogan the colonists used to protest taxes in the colonies
What is "No Taxation Without Representation"?
To take away or capture
What is seize?
Country that helped the colonists in the American Revolution
What is France?
First battle of the American Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord?
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Created to prevent someone or something from entering or leaving somewhere. Usually in war
What is a blockade?
Country that fought the French in the French and Indian War
What is England, or Britain?
Turning Point of the American Revolution
What is Saratoga?
Author of Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
British soldiers killed 5 men in Boston
Hired or paid soldiers
What are mercenaries?
Fought in the French and Indian War alongside the French
Who are the Indians, or Native Americans?