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
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims came to the Americas on.
Mayflower
The 3 regions of the 13 English colonies
New England, Middle, and Southern
Only person every to win unanimous (total agreement) support for the Presidency.
George Washington
This colony in the southern region was a safe haven for Catholic people.
Maryland
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
He was the most famous American Traitor of the Revolution. Ouch! Never got enough recognition.
Benedict Arnold
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 Patriots were willing to give up this to gain independence
Their lives
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Who wrote the booklet Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The idea that government gets its authority to rule from the people by entering into a mutual agreement is called a...
Social Contract
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists/Americans
True or False:
The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for wars.
true
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What day was the Declaration of Independence approved and when we celebrate our nation's birthday?
July 4
What colony rebelled the most--where many of the revolution's leaders were from?
Massachusetts
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
A boycott.
Who were the Sons of Liberty
Patriots
What did the British do that made colonist upset in Boston (After the Tea Party). This lead to the Boston Massacre.
They stopped ships from sailing in and out of the Boston Harbor. Or Put the town under martial law or revoked their charter.
What are the Unalienable (Universal) Rights seen in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
The French and Indian War was fought between the _______________ in ________________
The French and British in North America
What were the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies.
Lexington and Concord
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
Boston Tea Party
Was the first meeting of the colonists with 56 people to figure out a plan if war happened.
1st Continental Congress
First African American to die for protesting British rule during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
Electing people to government assemblies was an example of which right of Englishmen enjoyed by the British colonists?
the right to rule themselves/vote
What battle did Washington decide to fight in the winter, because no one fought in the winter and he took the British and Hessians by surprise?
Battle of Trenton
This person said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Writer of the letter to her husband to "Remember the Ladies"
Abigail Adams