Before/During the War Acts and Battles
What war ultimately resulted because of the French’s refusal to leave the land near the Ohio River?
The French and Indian War
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jeffereson
In what place did Washington lose half of his army, either from disease or desertion?
Valley Forge
What is a Patriot?
A person who supported the cause of the colonists during the American Revolution.
_______ means breaking the rules on purpose.
Defiant
What were the name of the acts that closed Boston’s port, removed self-government, and forced
colonists to allow British soldiers to live in their homes?
The Intolerable Acts
Double Jeopardy: Who was Crispus Attucks?
The first African American to die in the cause for freedom from Britain
(killed in the
Boston Massacre).
Why was the Boston Tea Party planned by the colonists?
Why was the Boston Tea Party planned by the colonists?
What were the nicknames given to people who fought against the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
A ________ is a large amount of something being stored for future use.
Stockpile
Double Jeopardy: What is the phrase that represents the idea that American colonists did not have a say in the English Parliament, which enacted taxes without their consent?
Taxation with Representation
Who rode to warn the colonists of the British coming to Lexington?
Pauln Revere
Where did the “shot heard round the world” take place?
Lexington
What was the document called, issued by the First Continental Congress, declaring the rights of
Englishmen?
Declaration of Rights
A ______ was a person living in the colonies who did not support the American cause and remained loyal to Britain.
Loyalist
What was the result of the British victory over Quebec and Fort Duquesne?
British won and gained new land
What famous phrase was spoken by Patrick Henry in his speech to the Virginia General Assembly?
"Give me Liberty, or give me death!"
Where was Washington’s first major victory of the American Revolution?
Trenton
Who was Deborah Sampson?
A woman who cut her hair and dressed in men’s clothing to fight in the American Revolution.
A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country is called a ___________.
mercenary
Who was responsible for leading his troops through a great naval battle on the Bonhomme Richard?
John Paul Jones
What important pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, persuaded many colonists to want to be independent from England?
Common Sense
What was the name of the German officer who George Washington hired to train his men at Valley Forge?
Baron Frederick von Steuben
What did George Washington do that led to the end of the American Revolution?
United with the French to surround Cornwallis at Yorktown where the British surrendered.
When something is in short supply or you do not have enough, it is said to be ________.
scarce