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What was the quartering act?
Forced the colonists to house and feed British soliders
A patriot was someone who?
Someone who wanted to stay loyal to America
Common Sense inspired what document?
Declaration of Independence
Main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
River Washington crossed to get to Trenton?
Delaware
What was the Stamp Act?
Forced the colonists to pay a tax on items made of paper
How did the Sons of Liberty influence the American Revolution?
Protested, boycotted, attacked Loyalists
Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
Leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
What did the Sugar Act tax?
Sugar and Molasses
What other piece of literature did Thomas Paine write?
The Crisis
How did the French & Indian war lead to the Revolutionary War?
Caused massive war debt and England had to tax colonists
Who fired during the Boston Massacre?
British
Lexington and Concord known as?
Shot Heard Around the World
Where did the British finally surrender?
Yorktown
Where was the Continental Army camped in the winter of 1777-1778?
Valley Forge
Who carried out the Boston Tea party?
Sons of Liberty
Parts of the Declaration of Independence
Preamble, Natural Rights, Grievances
Term from the Treaty of Paris that was most important?
Britian gives formal recognition to the colonies as a new nation
Why was Saratoga seen as a major turning point?
French decided to support the colonists
BONUS: What did the Intolerable Acts do?
Closed the Boston Harbor, banned Mass. gov, no town meetings
Who was raiding British ports during the war?
What disease did colonists deal with at Valley Forge?
Smallpox
Who was considered the first casualty of the war?
Crispus Attucks
Who sewed the first American Flag?
Betsy Ross