Misc.
Finish the sentence from the Declaration of Independence:
"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of ____________."
What is happiness?
This is a territory that is controlled by a stronger country.
What is a colony?
This was where the "shot heard around the world" happened. It event that really started the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This person was the King of Great Britain and started taxing the colonists after the French and Indian War.
Who is King George III?
This tax resulted in the Boston Tea Party and ended up costing the British around one million dollars.
What is the Tea Act?
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
What is 1776?
Money that people pay to the government.
What are taxes?
This took place outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The British won, but they lost many men. This fight occurred because both sides wanted control of higher ground.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This man was the General of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This was a tax on paper documents, newspapers, and other printed materials. It also led to the creation of the Sons of Liberty.
What is the Stamp Act?
What is "The British are coming?"
The nickname of the men who helped establish the United States and write the Declaration of Independence.
This fight took place in New York. It was also considered the "turning point" for the Patriots when they won.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This was a nickname for the British soldiers.
What is Redcoat?
OR
What is a Lobster Back?
This was a tax on molasses and was one of the first taxes passed by Parliment.
What is the Sugar Act?
This country sided with the British during the Revolution.
What is Germany?
OR
Who are the Hessians?
What was the country that Benjamin Franklin convinced to join the war alongside the Patriots?
What is France/Who are the French?
This was the final major battle of the Revolutionary War. It was won by the Patriots and was fought in Virginia.
Hint: Miss Hankins has been there!”
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This is the name of a colonist who supported independence from Great Britain.
What is a Patriot?
This act led to the Boston Massacre, and it taxed imports. It also began restricting the rights of colonists.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This law created a boundary for Great Britain’s thirteen colonies using the Appalachian Mountains and set aside land as a reserve for Native Americans.”
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
A body of elected officials who make laws and represent the people.
What is Parliament?
This was the peace agreement between the United States of America and the British that ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This is the name of a colonist who supported the British during the war.
These were punishments that resulted from the Boston Tea Party. It also caused colonists to house/quarter British soldiers.
What are the Intolerable Acts?