Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What date was the DOI approved
July 4, 1776
Patriots spent a harsh winter here
What is Valley Forge?
This officially ended the war
What is Treaty of Paris
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
The British did his after the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts: They stopped ships from sailing in and out of the Boston Harbor.
What are the Unalienable Rights seen in the DOI
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What were the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies.
Lexington and Concord
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
Who were the Sons of Liberty
Patriots
Was the first meeting of the colonists concerning the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
This was a tax on printed materials
What is Stamp Act?
The vistory at this battle convinced France to join the colonists side.
Saratoga
This first bullet was called the....
What is shot heard round the world.
Colonists send this to the King to ask for peace
What is Olive Branch Petition