American Revolution #1
By declaring independence, the delegates were vulnerable to accusations of ____________.
What is TREASON.
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
The British soldiers' uniforms were a bright color and made the soldiers easier to spy. For this reason, they were given this colorful nickame.
What are the REDCOATS
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
Dressed as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War.
Who is DEBORAH SAMPSON?
These acts shut down the Boston Harbor. Colonists also had to quarter British soldiers and Massachusetts was placed under martial law.
What are the COERCIVE ACTS OR INTOLERABLE ACTS?
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
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
This battle was a turning point in the war for the Americans. British General Burgoyne surrendered to the Americans.
What is the BATTLE OF SARATOGA?
A series of acts that placed tariffs, or taxes, on products coming into the colonies. This included taxes on glass, tea, lead, and paper.
What is the TOWNSHEND ACTS?
People who supported neither the Patriots or the Loyalists, but remained non-committed.
Who were NEUTRALISTS
The Second Continental Congress drafted this document to peacefully resolve the problems between the colonies and Great Britain.
What is the OLIVE BRANCH PETITION?
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
The strategy of refusing to purchase goods in the hopes of weakening another party.
What is BOYCOTT
A colonist who was still loyal to Great Britain.
What is a LOYALIST?
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
Who were the HESSIANS?
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"
The French aristocrat who joined the American Revolution and became close friends with Washington, Hamilton, and Jefferson.
Who is MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
This law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the QUARTERING ACT
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
This act taxed every piece of printed paper the colonists used.
What is a the STAMP ACT?
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies
Who is the SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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
She was an enslaved African American who was a poet and a supporter of independence.
Who is PHILLIS WHEATLEY?