Battles
This disagreement between the British and French over land along the Ohio River resulted in this event.
What is the French and Indian War?
This man rode through Massachusetts towns warning people that the British army was marching to Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
Colonists organized this event in order to stop British tea from being delivered to the colony.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This is the idea that American colonists did not have a say in the English Parliament, which enacted taxes without their consent
What is taxation without representation?
Some people who resisted the Stamp Act by boycotting British goods called themselves this.
What are the Sons of Liberty?
The American Revolution ended with this event.
What is the British surrender at Yorktown?
This man was an African American Patriot killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
The laws that took away Massachusetts’s self-government, appointed a military governor for the colony, and required colonists to house British soldiers were part of this.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This is a soldier from one country paid to fight for another country.
What is a mercenary?
This German individual helped train American soldiers at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
The first shot of the American Revolution, also known as “the shot heard round the world,” was fired during this event.
This founding father was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The First Continental Congress issued this to the British government, stating that colonists were entitled to the rights of Englishmen.
What us a Declaration of Rights?
This is disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy.
What is treason?
This man wrote Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
Washington won his first great victory here.
What is Trenton?
This woman dressed in men’s clothing and joined the Continental Army.
Who is Deborah Sampson?
The Continental Army lost almost half its men during the winter it spent camped at this location.
What is Valley Forge?
This is a person who supported the cause of the colonists during the American Revolution.
What is a Patriot?
Breaking the rules on purpose.
What is defiant?
This battle was a turning point in the Revolutionary War, as the Americans defeated the British army and France was finally convinced to send soldiers and a naval fleet to help America.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This man was a great hero of the American navy.
Who is John Paul Jones?
This pamphlet convinced many of its readers that America should break away from England.
What is Common Sense?
This is a person living in the colonies who did not support the American cause and remained loyal to Great Britain.
What is a Loyalist?
A large amount of something being stored for future use, such as food or munitions.
What is a stockpile?