American Revolution #1
Influential booklet that encouraged colonists to declare independence from Britian
Common Sense
Document in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
Declaration of Independence
Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies
Second Continental Congress
Name of the war which lasted eight years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain
Revolutionary War
(American Revolution)
official ending of the War; peace agreement
Treaty of Paris
Freedom from another country
Independence
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
All paper products in the colonies were taxed.
What is the stamp act?
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
King George
Which side did Natives largely side with?
Britain
All sugar in the colonies was taxed.
What is the Sugar act?
How did WOMEN participate in the Revolutionary War?
These women, known as camp followers, often tended to the domestic side of army organization, washing, cooking, mending clothes, and providing medical help when necessary. Sometimes they were flung into battle themselves.
First signer of the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature
John Hannock
Who warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Paul Revere
The British fought the French and Native Americans for land in the Ohio River Valley.
The British defeated the French after 7 years.
French and Indian War
A Colonist who argued that the colonies should not separate from Britain
Loyalist
fought between the American colonists and the British army – was ultimately won by the Americans after eight years of fighting.
American Revolutionary War
This type of labor built and fed a lot of America for hundreds of years. The enslaved people were never paid and treated like animals.
What is Slave Labor?
Executive, Judicial and Legislative
Three branches of U.S government
Famous saying that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain
"No taxation without representation"
What law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers?
Quartering Act
Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
tax on paper goods
stamp act
started as a colonist protest, but ended with British soldiers killing six American colonists in the streets.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Ways in which women supported the Patriot cause
-Planted and harvested crops
-Made guns and other weapons
-Made blankets and uniforms
-Disguised and fought
Representative from each colony met to discuss the Intolerable Acts but decided to try to work things out with King George
First Continental Congress
Name 3 allies of the Patriots.
Possible answers: French, African American, Spanish, Dutch, Oneidas, Cuba, Prussia