Battles
What were the first battles of the American Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
Which event came first? Boston Tea Party or Townshend Act
Townshend Act
Who brought water to troops during battle and continued to fire a cannon after spouse was wounded?
Mary Ludwig Hayes
Who is the Main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the leader of the Continental army during the Revolution?
George Washington
How did the British convince Black soldiers in the colonies to join them?
Promised Freedom
Give me two items that the Townshend Act taxed.
Lead, Glass, Paint, Tea, and Paper
Who brought a group of soldiers from Europe and served without pay through the end of the war ?
Marquis de Lafayette
A famous pamphlet was published in January 1776 convincing the colonists to want independence from Britain. What is the name of the pamphlet and who wrote it?
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
How many people died in the Boston Massacre?
5
Which country recognized the United States was an independent country as a part of the Treaty of Paris 1783?
Great Britain
What are the Intolerable Acts?
They punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. They cut off their harbor use, they sent in more British soldiers and they were now under direct control of the crown
Who drilled soldiers at Valley Forge, turning them into a strong, fighting force ?
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Which state did Spain get as a part of a treaty?
Florida
Who is considered to be the first casualty of the American Revolution?
Crispus Attucks
What battle convinced France and Spain to join the war and supply the Americans?
The Battle of Saratoga
Why did many American colonists object to paying new taxes imposed following the French and Indian War?
They felt it was unfair because they didn't have any representation
Who was enslaved Black man who spied for the Americans and helped the Continental army trap the British army at Yorktown ?
James Armistead
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny … is not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
What is one main idea that Thomas Paine believes?
People who commit to the cause deserve to be thanked and should experience a hard-fought victory
The true test of a patriot is whether they serve their country in hard times as well as good
What movement inspired many ideas that the United States is founded on?
The Enlightenment
How did the Haudenosaunee Nations react to the end of the Revolution?
They moved to Canada
How did Mercy Otis Warren support opposition to the Stamp Act?
She wrote plays criticizing the greed of British leaders
Who seized British posts from Louisiana to Florida ?
Bernardo de Gálvez
Give two of the three points made in the Declaration of Independence.
Passed unfair laws, Broke the social contract, Can't take away Life, Liberty or Pursuit of Happiness
What act allowed soldiers into colonists homes without their consent?
The Quartering Act