Vocabulary
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.
In short supply; not having enough.
What is scarce?
The American Revolution ended when the British surrendered where?
What is Yorktown?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Continental Army lost almost half its men during the winter it spent at.
What is Valley Forge?
A large amount of something being stored for future use.
What is stockpile?
Who helped train American soldiers at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
During this war did the British defeated the French and gained new land.
What is the French and Indian War?
A group of people who resisted the Stamp Act by boycotting British goods.
What are The Sons of Liberty?
Colonists organized this event to stop British tea from being delivered to the colony.
Breaking the rules on purpose.
What is defiant?
a person living in the colonies who did not support the American cause and remained loyal to Great Britain
What is a Loyalist?
The first shot of the American Revolution, also known as “the shot heard round the world,” was fired at this battle.
What is the Battle of Lexington?
An African American man killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
Rode through Massachusetts towns warning people that the British army was marching to Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
A person who supported the cause of the colonists during the American Revolution
What is a Patriot
A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country
What is a mercenary?
Result of the disagreement between the British and French over the land along the Ohio River?
What is the French and Indian War?
A pamphlet that convinced many of its readers that America should break away from England was called what and written by who?
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
The First Continental Congress issued this to the British government, stating that colonists were entitled to the rights of Englishmen.
What is a Declaration of Rights?
Disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy
What is treason?
These 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.
What are The Intolerable Acts?
Where Washington won his first great victory.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
The woman who dressed in men’s clothing and joined the Continental Army.
Who was Deborah Sampson?
A great hero of the American navy.
Who is John Paul Jones?