War
The first battles of the American Revolution fought between Minute Men and Redcoats on April 19, 1775 outside of Boston.
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The 1764 tax on sugar, molasses, and imports from non-British sources.
This British act forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachians.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This Thomas Paine pamphlet helped convinced many colonists to support the independence movement.
What was Common Sense?
A 1773 protest where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A war between colonial powers in North America from 1754-1763 over lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the French and Indian War?
This act made tea cheaper in the colonials but gave a monopoly on tea to the British East India Company.
What was the Tea Act?
The name for the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This document was written by the 2nd Continental Congress as a final attempt at peace before full war with Britain.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
A radical colonial group, first starting in Boston, who opposed British rule and privilege in many forms of protest and revolt.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A battle of moral victory, in 1775 Boston, where American colonials gallantly held a fortified hill against several bloody rounds of British charges.
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This act, in 1765, placed a tax on paper goods, newspapers, cards, and legal documents.
What was the Stamp Act?
These British acts were meant to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?
A series of 85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay promoting the Constitution and strong national government.
What were the Federalist Papers?
An assembly of colonial leaders who met in Philadelphia first in 1774 and then again in 1775 to coordinate resistance against British oppression.
What was the Continental Congress (1st & 2nd)
The 1781 final major battle of the American Revolution where British General Cornwallis surrendered his entire army to the American Commander George Washington.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
This act required the colonists to house and feed British soldiers at their own costs.
What was the Quartering Act?
This act required American citizens to help return escaped slaves to their owners.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
This 1783 agreement ended the American Revolutionary War formally recognizing U.S. independence.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
American colonists who openly supported independence.
What were Patriots?
An 1777 American victory in New York that convinced the French to ally with the United States against Great Britain.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
These 1767 acts placed taxes on more than 100 imported goods including paint, lead, paper, and tea to raise British revenue.
What were the Townshend Acts?
This document created America’s first but weak national government.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This 1778 agreement officially brought France into the American Revolution as a U.S. ally.
What was the Treaty of Alliance?
American colonists who openly remained loyal to the British during the revolution.
Who were the Loyalists?