American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution. He issued this, that angered colonists.
Who is KING GEORGE III. What is The Proclamation of 1763
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
The first successful British colony in North America
Jamestown
The 3 regions of the 13 English colonies
New England, Middle, and Southern
The first commander-in-chief
George Washington
The number of original colonies in North America.
13
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
Name at least three colonies that did not have a battle in the American Revolution.
Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
The Patriots were willing to give up this to gain independence
Their lives
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
The river that George Washington crossed in the winter of 1776.
Delaware River
This act required colonists to give food and housing to British soldiers
The Quartering Act
The last battle of the America Revolution
The Battle of Yorktown
The year of the French and Indian War.
1753
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What day was the DOI approved
July 4
A colonist that did not takes sides during the American Revolution.
Neutralist
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
A boycott.
Who were the Sons of Liberty
Patriots
What did the British do that made colonist upset. This lead to the Boston Massacre.
They stopped ships from sailing in and out of the Boston Harbor.
June 17, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill
The French and Indian War was fought between the _______________ in ________________
The French and British in North America
What were the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies.
Lexington and Concord
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
Boston Tea Party
Was the first meeting of the colonists concerning the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
Who wrote the newspaper Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
Electing delegates to assemblies was an example of which right of Englishmen enjoyed by the British colonists?
Was the second meeting of the colonists that would create the Olive Branch Petition.
2nd Continental Congress
This person said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
The year the Sugar Act was established.
1764