Road to Revolution
One major cause of the American Revolution was unfair charges levied by the British.
What are taxes?
Paul Revere made a famous, highly propagandized engraving of this deadly confrontation in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This foundation document gave the US the early ideas of trial by jury and "no taxation without consent."
What is the Magna Carta?
After being dissolved by the royal governor, the First Continental Congress met in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
The colonists relied heavily on these unconventional, surprise-based warfare tactics.
What is guerrilla warfare?
Misleading information used to promote a political cause or point of view.
What is propaganda?
This group of patriots conducted a terror campaign against British loyalists.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This early document established the concepts of colonial self-government, rule of law, and consent of the governed.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The First Continental Congress decided to completely stop this economic activity with England.
What is trade?
This famous American statesman visited Paris to rally critical support for the colonial war effort.
Who is Ben Franklin?
The dominant European economic theory during the 16th–18th centuries aimed at strengthening the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
At the Boston Tea Party, three groups of 50 men dressed as this Native American tribe before dumping tea into the harbor.
Who are the Mohawk Indians?
This historic document inspired the American ideas of free speech and the right to bear arms.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
The First Continental Congress directed colonists to make military preparations to defend against these.
What are British attacks?
This European nation sent vital naval ships and military support to help the colonists defeat the British.
What is France?
These acts closed Boston Harbor, required trials in England, and forced colonists to house British soldiers.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This term means colonists were legally forced to let British soldiers live in their private homes.
What is quartering?
This highly influential pamphlet inspired the colonists to officially declare independence from Great Britain.
What is Common Sense?
Through the First Continental Congress, the colonies loudly reaffirmed this right to self-governance.
What is autonomy?
These ruthless German mercenaries were hired by the British to cross the Atlantic and fight the colonists.
Who are the Hessians?
The economic situation where the British East India Tea Company held exclusive control over tea sales in the colonies.
What is a monopoly?
The French and Indian War was fought between France and this victorious nation.
What is England (or Great Britain)?
After the French and Indian War, England did this to the colonies to pay off its massive war debts.
What is raised taxes?
This patriotic militia formed to defend the colonies, gaining fame for being ready to fight at a moment's notice.
Who are the Minutemen?
On Christmas night of 1776, Washington led his troops across this frozen body of water for a surprise attack.
What is the Delaware River?