Causes
This act exerted by the British forced colonists to pay taxes on all imported goods from great Britain
What was the Townsend act
Who lead the Continental army
Great Britain closed of this water way as a punishment for the colonists
What is Boston Harbor
Small group of men who were trained to go into battle
Main reason the British needed tax money from the colonists
This event involved patriots storming a British ship and throwing tea overboard
What is the Boston Tea Party
Nickname that describes British soilders
What are Lobsterbacks or Redcoats
The battle of Bunker hill actually took place
What is Breed's hill
Theses colonists were loyal to Great Britain
The individuals who wrote the declaration of Independence were called?
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies
What is the Stamp Act
The man who wrote the declaration of Independence
Thomas Jeferson
This place was an encampment for George Washington and his shoulders
What is Valley forge
What was the Governing body of Great Britain known as
What is the Parliament
When did the American revolution start and end
April 19th 1775 to September 3 1783
event where British soldiers in Boston fired into a crowd of civilians
What is the Boston Massacre
This man drafted the treaty of Paris and was a well known inventor
Who was Benjamin Franklin
Where was the last major battle of the revolution
What is Yorktown
This famous battle was lost by the Patriots
What nations were involved
France, great Britain USA, the Netherlands, and Spain
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774
Signed the Declaration of Independence in big bold letters
who was John Hancock
What are the names of the original 13 colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
This group organized by John Adams led protests against the new taxes
In 1774 representatives from every colony, except Georgia met at this gathering in Philadelphia
What is the First Continental Congress