People
Who rode through Massachusetts towns warning people that the British army was marching to Concord?
Paul Revere
The idea that American colonies did not have a say in the English Parliament, which enacted taxes without consent.
"Taxation Without Representatiom"
The first shot of the American Revolution, also known as 'the shot heard around the world' was fired at the Battle of ________
Bunker Hill
Why did the Colonists organize the Boston Tea Party?
To stop British tea from being delivered to the colonies
This document convinced many of its readers that America should break away from England
Common Sense
Who was the first African American killed in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
A person who supported the cause of the colonists during the American Revolution
Patriot
The Continental Army lost almost half its men during the winter it spent camped at _________
Valley Forge
What laws (act) that took away Massachusetts's self-government, appointed a military governor for the colony, and required colonists to house British soldiers were part these acts
Intolerable Acts
Document where Americans officially ended being apart of England
The Declaration of Independence
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Breaking the rules on purpose
defiant
Where were the Hessians from?
Germany
What was the Stamp Act and the name of the group of people who resisted the Stamp Act by boycotting British goods
British taxed all paper goods and the Sons of Liberty
Who wrote the Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin
A person living in the colonies who did not support the American cause and remained loyal to Great Britain
Loyalist
In short supply; not having enough
scarce
Washington won his first great victory at _____________
Trenton
What did the Quartering Act implement?
Americans had to house and feed the British soldiers
Who wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Who was the woman who dressed in men's clothing and joined in the Continental Army?
Deborah Sampson
A solider from one country paid to fight for another country
mercenary
Which battle ended the American Revolution
Yorktown
The First Continental Congress issued _____ to the British government, stating that colonists were entitled to the rights of Englishmen?
A Declaration of Rights
This document officially ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris