American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III?
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain.
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
Complete this famous phrase that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain. "No taxation....
What is "WITHOUT REPRESENTATION?"
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?
All political power is derived from the consent of the governed.
What is a Popular Sovereignty?
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.
Who is a Patriot?
The Patriot leader 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?
Act on the colonies which closed Boston Harbor and prevented public meetings.
What are The Intolerable Acts?
Camp where Washington showed his leadership because the soldiers were suffering from freezing temps, starvation, and disease.
What is Valley Forge?
Writer of Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies.
Who is the SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS?
The British soldiers' uniforms were a bright color and made the soldiers easier to spy. For this reason, they were given this colorful nickame.
Who are the REDCOATS or Lobsterbacks?
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?
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England, also known as a Tory.
What is a LOYALIST?
Style of fighting used by the Continental Army which included hit-and-run, surprise attacks, and ambushing the British.
What is GUERRILLA WARFARE?
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Battle that proved to the colonists that they could defeat the British.
What is Bunker Hill?
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?
Acts that taxed luxury goods.
What are the Townshend Acts?
The strategy of refusing to purchase goods in the hopes of weakening another party.
What is BOYCOTT?
The French aristocrat who joined the American Revolution and became close friends with Washington, Hamilton, and Jefferson.
Who is MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE?
Famous German commander that helped train American Patriots.
Baron Von Steuben
The decree of the king that prevented the settlement of lands west of the Appalachian mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
First signer of the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature.
Who is John Hancock?
The real hero of the "midnight ride".
Who is Samuel Prescott?
Colonial soldiers would be ready to resist British attack “in a minute."
Who are the Minutemen?
He betrayed his men to ally himself with the British and is still known as one of the most famous traitors in American history.
Who is BENEDICT ARNOLD?
He was the first man to die for the Revolution and he was African American.
Who is CRISPUS ATTACKS?
Unalienable
What is Cannot be taken away from you.
Act of Parliament that gave them complete control over colonial policies.
What is the Declaratory Act?
A government, like American, in which people elect officials to represent their ideas and values in the government.
What is a DEMOCRACY?