French and Indian War
This war was fought between the British and the French in North America.
French and Indian War
This act taxed newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
This famous protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
These special soldiers were ready to fight at a minute’s notice.
Minutemen
This Virginian became commander of the Continental Army.
George Washington
This river helped British soldiers reach Québec in 1759.
St. Lawrence River
Colonists shouted this famous phrase because they had no representatives in Parliament.
No taxation without representation
Colonists dressed like these people during the Boston Tea Party.
Native Americans
This rider warned colonists that British soldiers were coming.
Paul Revere
This speaker said, “Give me liberty or give me death!”
Patrick Henry
The British won this important battle in 1759.
Battle of Quebec
This king approved taxes on the colonies.
King George III
This deadly event happened when British soldiers fired into a crowd in 1770.
Boston Massacre
These two towns were the first battle sites of the Revolutionary War.
Lexington and Concord
This writer published the pamphlet Common Sense.
Thomas Paine
This treaty ended the French and Indian War in 1763.
Treaty of Paris
This group met under the Liberty Tree and protested British taxes.
Sons of Liberty
This patriot created an engraving of the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere
What happened at the battle of Lexington?
The shot heard 'round the world.
The first shot for the Revolutionary War was fired
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
After the war, Britain gained much of this continent’s land from France
North America
These laws taxed imported goods like tea.
Townshend Acts
This man was one of the people killed during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
This war began after fighting between colonists and British soldiers in 1775
This inventor, writer, and patriot helped review the Declaration of Independence.
Benjamin Franklin