Policies and documents
The document that sold widely during 1776 and was written by Thomas Paine
What is Common Sense
The colonial militia members who promised to be ready at a moments notice
Who are the Minutemen
1770 event where British fired on a crowd and killed mulitple colonists
What is the Boston Massacre
The famous phrase used by Patrick Henry
What is give me liberty of give me death
The man who wrote his name the largest on the Declaration
Who is John Hancock
The document approved on July 4, 1776 that announced the colonial independence
What is the Declaration of Independence
The battle in December 1776 when Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised British and German troops
What is the Battle of Trenton
1773 protest where tea was thrown into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
The British General in 1775
Who is Thomas Gage
The first legitimate President of the United States
Who is George Washington
The British policy of leaving the colonies to govern themselves more often
What is Salutary Neglect
The 1777 victory that was the turning point in the Revolution
What is the Battle of Saratoga
1763 proclomation that limited western expansion
what is the proclamation of 1763
The influential figure who transfroemd Thomas Jeffersons thoughts behind revolution
Who is John Locke
The commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
The series of laws passed by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party
What are the intolerable acts
The winter encampment of 1777-78 where the Continental Army suffered from cold and disease
What is Valley Forge
The viewpoint that the American Revolution caused an upheaval in the social status of the world
What is a social revolution
The document that pleaded loyalty to the king made in 1775
What is the Olive Branch petition
The most infamous American traitor
Who is Bendict Arnold
The 1776 law that required printed materials to carry government stamps and sparked protest across the colonies
What is the Stamp Act
The major 1781 siege that led to British surrender
What is Yorktown
The first capital of the US
Where is Philadelphia
The paradox that describes how the revolution promoted liberty while most colonies in turn expanded slavery
What is false liberty
The controversial line in the Declaration of Independence that does equate to the reality of the nation at the time it was written.
What is "all men are created equal"