Vocabulary
A set of rules that guide how a country works.
What is the Constitution?
Colonists threw 342 chests of this into Boston Harbor to protest taxes.
What is tea?
This person warned colonists that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
America was always a free country.
What is false?
Name one reason colonists were angry with Britain.
What is high taxes / no say in government / unfair laws?
An agreement reached by each side giving in or coming to an understanding.
What is a compromise?
This act taxed every piece of printed paper the colonists used.
What is the Stamp Act?
This person was the commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The colonists thought it was unfair to be taxed without any say in government.
What is true?
Why did colonists throw tea into Boston Harbor?
What is to protest the tax on tea / show Britain they wouldn't accept unfair taxes?
Freedom, or not being controlled by others.
What is independence?
This war was fought between Great Britain and France before the American Revolution.
What is the French and Indian War?
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence. (The main writer)
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Olive Branch Petition asked King George III for peaceful negotiations.
What is true?
What did the Second Continental Congress accomplish?
What is created the Continental Army and declared independence?
A complete change in the way people live or work.
What is a revolution?
This document was published on July 4, 1776, announcing American independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This person was the King of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.
Who is King George III?
King George III signed the Olive Branch Petition.
What is false?
What was the British plan at the Battle of Saratoga?
What is to split the colonies in half along the Hudson River?
Countries or groups that unite to join with each other.
What are allies?
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Who were the people who first stood up to the British?
The Sons/Daughters of Liberty
The war ended when Great Britain surrendered at Yorktown. *** Tricky!
What is false? (It ended with the Treaty of Paris)
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
What is delegates wrote the Constitution?