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American Dissonance
End of the War
Vocabulary
100
He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
100
This governing body helped unite the 13 colonies.
What was the Continental Congress?
100

These troops made up the majority of the Continental Army.

Who were the militia?

100
General Cornwallis became trapped at this location in 1781.
What is Yorktown?
100
These soldiers boasted that they could be ready to fight in one minute.
What were minutemen?
200

These soldiers volunteered to fight for their colony.

Who were militia?

200
George Washington crossed this river on Christmas day to attack Hessian troops.
What is the Delaware River?
200

These colonists fought for independence from Great Britain.

Who were Patriots?

200
This key force allowed the Americans to keep Cornwallis trapped in 1781.
What is the French Navy?
200

This is the idea that both sides must give concessions in order for liberty to persist.

What is compromise?

300
This author penned "Common Sense".
Who was Thomas Paine?
300
These cash crops helped fuel the economy of the Southern states. (Must get at least 2)

What were tobacco, indigo, and rice?

300

At this event, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and threw tea into the Boston Harbor.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

300
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
This group supported freedom for the colonists and was led by men like Paul Revere.
What were the Sons of Liberty?
400

He was the author of the Declaration of Independence

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400

This plan for the new U.S. government included a bicameral (2 house) legislature.

What was the Virginia Plan?

400

At this event, 7 British soldiers fired into a crowd of protesters, killing 5 colonists.

What is the Boston Massacre?

400
The United States received land that extended to these areas in the North, South, and West as a result of the treaty that ended the war.
What is land North to Canada, South to Florida, and West to the Mississippi?
400

This document would be adopted in 1788 and subsequently become the supreme law of the land.

What is the U.S. Constitution?

500

He was the author of the Bill of Rights?

Who was James Madison?

500

These served as the Patriot's naval answer to the British blockade of their ports.

What were Privateers or Pirates?

500
At this Congress in 1775, George Washington was given command of the Continental Army.

What is the Second Continental Congress?

500
This action was performed at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to keep the British from escaping.
What is blockade?
500

Colonists demanded this in return for taxation.

What was representation?