Taxes & Acts
The famous saying that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
The document in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Name of the war which lasted eight years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain.
What is the Revolutionary War (American Revolution)?
The date that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4, 1776?
This was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This Act led to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act of 1773?
The King of England during the American Revolution.
Who was King George or King George III?
A Colonist who argued that the colonies should not separate from Britain.
Who is a Loyalist?
This is the camp that Washington and his soldiers suffered from freezing temps, starvation, and disease.
What is Valley Forge?
This was the first Constitution for the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This Act was introduced in 1764, one of the first taxes on a key ingredient.
What is the Sugar Act?
The leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who was George Washington?
Freedom from another country.
What is Independence?
The official ending of the Revolutionary War; peace agreement.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
The place where 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?
This law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
The 1st Continental Congress met in this city.
Where was Philadelphia?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are known as these kind of rights.
What are Unalienable Rights?
These are the first battles of the Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord (1775)?
First signer of the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature.
Who was John Hancock?
This was a tax on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
This is the reason that the Battle of Saratoga became a turning point in the war.
What was because the French and Spanish became allies for the Patriots after that victory?
Name for the Colonists' band of militias fighting the British army.
What was the Continental Army?
This was a decree by the King's effort to keep colonists from expanding westward and protect Native Americans.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This person organized the Sons of Liberty.
Who was Samuel Adams?
These were passed by the King as a response to the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts (1774)?
This person warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord? "The British Are Coming"
Who was Paul Revere?
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a Patriot?
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at this last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
This would be the main reason that the French couldn't help the Colonists at the start of the War?
What is because the Colonists were still under English rule?