Battles
The first battle of the Revolutionary War (also known as the shot heard round the world).
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
A printer, writer, inventor, and publisher who represented the colonies in France as an ambassador.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The war that caused Britain to start taxing the colonist to pay back the debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
Leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The battle where militia leaders built forts on two hills near Boston. The British won the battle but only because the colonist ran out of ammunition.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Rode on the Midnight Ride to warn the Patriots.
Who is Paul Revere?
The acts that Lord North imposed on the colonist after the Boston Tea Party. Also known as the Coercive Acts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This tax, not only taxed sugar, but coffee, cloth, indigo, and wine.
What is the Sugar Act?
The battle where Washington crossed the Delaware River in a surprise attack on the British. Washington's men captured 1,000 British.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
First signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
The event where dozens of colonists dressed as Native Americans, boarded British ships containing tea, and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The King of England during the Revolutionary War.
Who is King George III?
The battle that convinced the French to join in the Revolutionary War and fight with the colonies against the British.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The winter of 1777 where Washington and his men stayed in very poor conditions. However, after this winter his men became stronger and captured Philidelphia.
What is the Winter at Valley Forge?
Surrendered his troops at the Battle of Yorktown.
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
The act that that taxed anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
Helped train soldiers during the winter at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
One of the people killed at the Boston Massacre. Considered to be the first person killed in the colonies push for independence.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
The final battle of the war, where the French Navy blocked the harbor and Washington's men surrounded Cornwallis's army.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Known as a traitor to America after becoming a spy for the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
What is the Boston Massacre?
Wrote an angry speech in which he said, "Give me liberty or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry?
The British Prime Minister during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Lord North?