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These 4 laws passed by the British to punish the colonist for the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts?
General Cornwallis became trapped at this location in 1781. British soldiers gave ultimate surrender.
What is Yorktown?
A written pamphlet that helped convince colonists that freedom was the best option in 1775
What were was Common Sense?
These soldiers were to be ready at a minutes notice
Who were minutemen?
George Washington lost a battle at the beginning of this war
What is the French and Indian War?
Colonist who stayed loyal to Britain
Who were loyalist?
This battle was a turning point in the war, France became an ally
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This battle is known as "the shot heard around the world"
What is Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This author penned "Common Sense".
Who was Thomas Paine?
The first African American to die in the American Revolution
Who is Crispus Attacks?
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
The refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition
What is civil disobedience?
This group is remembered for protesting the Tea Act by initiating the Boston Tea Party
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Taxed imported British goods such as glass, lead, paper, and tea
What is the Townshend Act?
The credited writer of the Declaration of Independence
This former hero is known as the father to the American Navy.
Who was John Paul Jones?
The geographic feature in which colonist could not move west
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Rights that cannot be taken away. (Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness)
What are unalienable rights?
An economy in which the colony must work to empower the Mother Country.
What is mercantilism?
The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence
Who was John Hancock?