Vocabulary
A German soldier hired by the British to fight with them in the Revolutionary War
What is a Hessian
Complete the rally call ____________ WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
What is NO TAXATION
I earned my nickname carrying pictures of water to soldiers in battle and took over my dead husbands cannon. Who am I?
Who is Mary Ludwig aka Molly Pitcher
Name of the war which lasted eight years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain
What is the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
This document officially ended the American Revolution as an agreement of peace.
What is the TREATY OF PARIS
It is a sudden and serious change referring to government or leadership.
What is a REVOLUTION
The strategy of refusing to purchase goods in the hopes of weakening another party.
What is BOYCOTT
Give me Liberty or Give me Death was said by
Who is Patrick Henry
British General who surrendered at Yorktown
Who is CHARLES CORNWALLIS
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III
This was the place Washington and his soldiers spent Winter, a miserable and deadly place for his men.
What is VALLEY FORGE
A knife or sword that fits on the end of a musket or rifle
What is a bayonet
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight ride warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England, also known as a Tory.
What is a LOYALIST
A colonist who supported independence from Great Britain
What is a Patriot
Which messaged was published as one of the most famous cartoons in history, written by Benjamin Franklin
What is Join or Die
I wrote a poem about George Washington and was invited to do a private reading for him. Who am I?
Phillis Wheatley
A group of representatives from each colony met to discuss the Intolerable Acts but decided to try to work things out with King George.
What is the FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
It is the name for someone in the colonies who supported the American Revolution.
What is a PATRIOT
Believed to be Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, she helped the soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth by bringing water and working canons.
Who is MOLLY PITCHER
a person who helps bring about change
What is a revolutionary
Don't fire until you see the white in their eyes was a message said, during what time of the Revolutionary War?
What is the British starting point
I am known as the Mother of the Boston Tea Party" for disguising the protesters as Mohawk Indians. Who am I?
Sarah Bradlee Fulton
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
A founding father, he helped turn the tide of the war by gaining the French Alliance.
Who is BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them
What is an enslaved person
This piece of writing "recharged the revolutionary cause". What was it called?
What is the Crisis
He was the first man to die for the Revolution and he was African American.
Who is CRISPUS ATTACKS
The "world turned upside down" when the British lost this battle, turning the tides of the war to favor the colonies.
What is YORKTOWN
The first shots of the Revolution that were fired at Lexington and Concord, and began the war, became known as this.
What is the SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD