Key People
This general led the Continental Army and later became the first U.S. president.
A. King George III
B. George Washington
Who is George Washington?
This tax required colonists to pay for stamps on paper goods.
A. Tea Act
B. Stamp Act
What is the Stamp Act?
The Revolutionary War began in this colony.
A. Massachusetts
B. Virginia
What is Massachusetts?
Colonists who supported independence were called:
A. Loyalists
B. Patriots
Who are the Patriots?
A place settled and ruled by people from another country.
A. Colony
B. Kingdom
What is a colony?
This silversmith warned colonists that the British were coming.
A. Paul Revere
B. Samuel Adams
Who is Paul Revere?
Colonists dumped tea into the harbor to protest British taxes.
A. Boston Massacre
B. Boston Tea Party
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This victory convinced France to help the colonies.
A. Battle of Saratoga
B. Battle of Yorktown
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Colonists who remained loyal to Britain were called:
A. Patriots
B. Loyalists
Who are Loyalists?
Freedom from being ruled by another country.
A. Alliance
B. Independence
What is independence?
This woman disguised herself as a soldier to fight in the war.
A. Deborah Sampson
B. Abigail Adams
Who is Deborah Sampson?
Colonists protested taxes with this slogan.
A. No taxation without representation
B. Liberty and justice for all
What is 'No Taxation Without Representation'?
The colonies declared independence from Britain in this year.
A. 1776
B. 1783
What is 1776?
In "Katie's Trunk" what named would she be called?
A. Rebel
B. Tory
What is a Tory?
Refusing to buy goods to protest something.
A. Treaty
B. Boycott
What is a boycott?
This king ruled Britain during the American Revolution.
A. King Henry VIII
B. King George III
Who is King George III?
These laws punished Boston after the Tea Party.
A. Townshend Acts
B. Intolerable Acts
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The final major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought here.
A. Yorktown
B. Lexington
What is Yorktown?
The winter when soldiers suffered from cold and hunger happened here.
A. Lexington
B. Valley Forge
What is Valley Forge?
A formal agreement that ends a war.
A. Treaty
B. Protest
What is a treaty?
This American traitor planned to give West Point to the British.
A. John Adams
B. Benedict Arnold
Who is Benedict Arnold?
The first battles of the Revolutionary War happened here.
A. Lexington and Concord
B. Saratoga
What are Lexington and Concord?
This document announced the colonies were free from Britain.
A. Declaration of Independence
B. Constitution
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This country helped the colonies defeat Britain.
A. France
B. Spain
What is France?
Betraying your own country.
A. Justified
B. Treason
What is treason?
This colonial leader helped organize protests against British taxes and was a leader of the Sons of Liberty.
A. George Washington
B. Samuel Adams
Who is Samuel Adams?
After the French and Indian War, Britain taxed the colonies because they needed money to pay for this.
A. War Debt
B. Redcoats
What is war debt?
(or paying for the French and Indian War)
At this battle, the British surrendered, effectively ending the Revolutionary War.
A. Battle of Lexington and Concord
B. Battle of Yorktown
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This group of soldiers fought for the American colonies during the Revolution.
A. Continental Army
B. Redcoats
What is the Continental Army?
A person who betrays their country and helps the enemy.
A. justified
B. traitor
What is a traitor?
This Patriot wrote the Declaration of Independence.
A. John Adams
B. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
This law gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
A. Stamp Act
B. Tea Act
What is the Tea Act?
This battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War and helped the colonies gain support from France.
A. Battle of Yorktown
B. Battle of Saratoga
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Many colonists who stayed loyal to Britain moved to this country after the war.
A. France
B. Canada
What is Canada?
A monopoly means:
A. One company controls all sales of a product
B. Many companies compete to sell the same product
What is One company controls all sales?