Causes of the War
This war left Britain in debt and led to new taxes on colonists.
What is the French and Indian War?
This was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The first battles of the Revolutionary War.
What are Lexington and Concord?
A colonist who supported independence from Britain.
What is a Patriot?
The idea that colonists were taxed but had no voice in government.
What is taxation without representation?
Colonists were angry because they had no say in Parliament.
What is lack of representation?
This general led the Continental Army to victory.
Who is George Washington?
This battle was the turning point that convinced France to help the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
A colonist who remained loyal to Britain.
What is a Loyalist?
This tax placed a stamp on printed materials like newspapers.
What is the Stamp Act?
This event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This Patriot is famous for his midnight ride warning the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
The final major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
A formal agreement between countries to help each other.
What is an alliance?
These taxes were placed on imports like tea, glass, and paper.
What are the Townshend Acts?
These laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This British king was in power during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
At this winter camp, soldiers suffered but grew stronger as an army.
What is Valley Forge?
The act of breaking away from a country.
What is independence?
This act gave the British East India Company control over tea sales.
What is the Tea Act?
This massacre increased tensions when British soldiers killed colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This pamphlet writer inspired colonists with “Common Sense.”
Who is Thomas Paine?
This battle was an early, costly win for the British near Boston.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
A document that explains why something is being done (like independence).
What is a declaration?
Colonists protested taxes by refusing to buy British goods.
What are boycotts?