American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution. He issued this, that angered colonists.
Who is King George III? What is The Proclamation of 1763?
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
What is taxation without representation?
The reason family members were divided?
Where do family member loyalties stand about the American Revolution?
The first commander-in-chief
Who is George Washington?
What were Sam Adams' contributions to the patriot cause?
He organized the Sons of Liberty and set up Committees of Correspondence.
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a Patriot?
The Patriots from Boston whose midnight ride warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
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?
The item that was thrown into the water in retaliation.
What is tea?
The person who wrote The Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
Who is Thomas Paine?
Nine out of 10 British colonists in the 1700s lived on what?
What is on Farms?
Who won the revolutionary war?
What is a Colonists?
True or False:
The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for wars.
What is true?
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
What is the economic system where colonies could only trade with their mother country?
What is Mercantilism?
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What 3 things did the Declaration of Independence state?
What is
1. All people are born with certain rights that cannot be taken away.
2. King III did not respect the colonist rights.
3. The colonies had the right to break away from Britain.
Which victory convinced the French to join America in the fight?
What is The Battle of Saratoga?
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
What is a boycott?
First battle of the Revolutionary War
What is Lexington and Concord?
What lead to the Boston Massacre?
Who is Colonists violently protesting taxes?
Which battle was an important win for the Patriots and helped turn the war around?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The French and Indian War was fought between the ______ & ______ on the continent of _____ ____________.
What is the French and British in North America?
In what document are the words "unalienable rights... life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" found?
What is the Declaration of independence?
Why was the winter at Valley Forge hard for Patriot troops?
They did not have a lot of clothing or food. Many were wounded and many also died from sickness.
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This was the name of Colonial soldiers who would be ready to resist British attack “in a minute"
Who is a Minutemen?
A person who is loyal to the King of England.
What is a Loyalist?
Electing delegates to assemblies to make decisions was an example of which right of Englishmen?
What is the right to self-governance or Republicanism?
Where did the final battle takes place before the British surrender?
What is Yorktown?
This person said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
Great Britain recognized American independence after this was signed.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783