Vocab
Name the Unalienable Rights
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
General of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
First battle of the Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord?
Main cause of the Revolution
What is the French and Indian War?
Document signed July 4th, 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Rights that cannot be taken away
What are unalienable rights?
Author of Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Nickname of Lexington and Concord
What is "the shot heard round the world"?
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
War fought over fur in the Ohio River Valley
What is the French and Imndian War?
Providing raw materials to the "mother country"
What is mercantilism?
Founder of the U.S Navy
Who is John Paul Jones?
Turning point of Revolution
What is Saratoga?
Acts passed in response to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Delegation that debated going to war with the British
What is the 1st continental congress?
A formal complaint
What is a grievance?
Rode through Boston to warn the British were coming and painted the "Bloody Massacre"
Who is Paul Revere?
Final battle of revolution
What is Yorktown?
Line drawn to prevent colonists from passing the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Delegation that appointed George Washington and signed the Declaration of Independence
Whjat is the 2nd continental congress?
You can't tolerate or handle it
What is intolerable?
Author of Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
Camp during the harsh winter of 1777/1778
What is Valley Forge?
Protest that turned violent and left 5 people dead
What is the Boston Massacre?
Treaty that recognized America as its own country
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?