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.
What is a difference in loyalties about the American Revolution?
The first commander-in-chief
Who is George Washington?
What battle was it where it was said " Wait to shoot until you see the whites of their eyes?"
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
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?
The person who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Nine out of 10 British colonists in the 1700s lived here.
What is on farms?
Country that helped America defeat the British.
Who are the French?
The British collected this from colonists to pay for wars.
What are taxes?
The description used for colonists who supported staying loyal to England.
What are loyalists?
The way news was spread quickly about the fighting.
What is pamphlets and newspapers?
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Declaration of Independence says all men are created this way.
What is equal?
Which victory convinced the French to join America in the fight?
What is The Battle of Saratoga?
This can occur when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country.
What is boycott?
First battle of the Revolutionary War
What is Lexington and Concord?
These actions led to the Boston Massacre.
What is a violent protest by colonists against taxes?
This 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 here.
What is North America?
The document that includes the words “unalienable right…life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
It was here that George Washington’s troops overcame poor weather conditions during the winter.
What is Valley Forge?
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for this event.
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 Minutemen?
A person who is loyal to the King of England.
What is a Loyalist?
The document that failed after the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The location of the final battle before the British surrendered.
What is Yorktown?
This group is made of sons and daughters that wanted Liberty...
Who is Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
Great Britain recognized American independence after this was signed.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?