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Leader of the First & Second Continental Congress.
John Adams.
Leader of the British empire.
George III.
By preventing westward movement, this law "protected" colonists from Native Americans after the French & Indian War.
The Proclamation of 1763.
The war fought for control of the Ohio River Valley.
The French & Indian War.
Written to encourage colonists to consider independence from Britain.
Common Sense.
British general credited with losing the last battle of the American Revolution.
Cornwallis.
Colonists who wanted to remain a part of the British empire.
Loyalists.
The first tax designed to manage the debt created by the French & Indian War.
The Stamp Act.
Saratoga.
The document that officially ended the American Revolution.
The Treaty of Paris, 1783.
Credited with writing the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson.
Author of Common Sense.
Thomas Paine.
British law, created to force the colonists to buy a specific item from British merchants, which led to a significant protest event.
The Tea Act.
Washington spent the winter training his troops here.
Valley Forge.
The Declaration of Independence.
The Sons of Liberty.
Colonists who supported the idea of independence.
Patriots.
Law forcing colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
The Quartering Act.
The location of the last battle of the American Revolution.
Yorktown.
The first violent event of the Revolution, when five men, including Crispus Attucks, died.
The Boston Massacre.
Leader of the Continental Army.
George Washington.
Advocated for women during the American Revolution.
Abigail Adams.
A series of laws passed to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party specifically.
The Intolerable Acts.
The beginning of the American Revolution, commonly referred to as "the shot heard 'round the world".
Lexington & Concord.
The slogan that explained how the colonists felt about the acts passed by the British.
No taxation without representation.