People
Who rode to warn the colonist of the British coming to Lexington?
Paul Revere
The disagreement between the British and French over land in the Ohio River Valley was what war?
The French and Indian War
What do we a call a person that is a soldier from one country paid to fight for another country?
Mercenary
What do you call a person who breaks laws or rules on purpose?
Defiant
What is a large amount of something being store for future use called?
A stockpile
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who won the French and Indian War?
What was the name of the woman who dressed in men's clothing and joined the Continental Army?
Deborah Sampson
What was the name of the acts that closed Boston's port, removed self-government, and forced colonist to allow British soldiers to live in their homes?
Where did the Continental Army lose half of its men in the winter?
Valley Forge
Crispus Attucks
What battle did the American Revolution end with?
Battle of Yorktown
The people who resisted the Stamp Act and boycotted British goods were called what?
Sons of Liberty
What was the saying for the idea that colonist did not have a say in the English Parliament, which enacted taxes without their consent. (The colonist believed this was against the law)
"Taxation without representation"
What is the act of disloyalty to a country be helping an enemy called?
Treason
Who helped train American soldiers at Valley Forge?
Baron von Stueben
Where did the first shot or "the shot heard round the world" take place?
Lexington
Loyalist
What was the document called, issued by the First Continental Congress, declaring the rights of Englishmen?
Declaration of Rights
Why did colonist organized the Boston Tea Party? What did they want to stop?
They wanted to stop British tea from being delivered to the colonies
Who was the great hero of the American Navy?
John Paul Jones
Where did Washington win his first great victory?
Trenton
What is the name for a person who lived in the colonies and supported the American cause during the American Revolution?
Patriot
What document convinced many readers that America should break away from England?
Common Sense
Who famously committed an act of treason during the revolutionary war?
Benedict Arnold