Revolution People
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
Lord Baltimore founded this colony as a safe haven for Catholics in America. The colonies first settlement and capital was in “St. Mary’s City”
Oldest colonial myths and legends often based on indigenous folktails. It was once said that this colony is home to a mythical creature from the original colonies a terrifying beast said to walk the Pinelands of New Jersey. What is the name of the creature?
What is the Jersey Devil
On the night of December 16, 1773 in Boston Massachusetts dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party
Complete this famous phrase that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain. "No taxation....
without REPRESENTATION
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III
This colony is the birthplace of the American iron industry. It also is the location of the famous historical event “The Boston Tea Party”
What is MASSACHUSETTS
This colony was home to the first European-style representative assembly in North America, which took place on July 30, 1619. The goal was to establish a colonial government for the colony, first settled by Europeans at Jamestown on May 1607. The early colony did not get off to a good start, with attacks by the native people and disease decimating the population. During the winter of 1609, famine and disease killed all but 60 of Jamestown’s original 214 settlers. What is the name of this colony?
What is Virginia
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
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
This person wrote the Decleration of Independance
Who is THOMAS JEFFERSON
This colony’s most lucrative export was tobacco, originally opposed by King James I. It is also the birthplace of founding fathers Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
What is VIRGINIA
Lost and gone forever
The colonials most mysterious legend tells of the “lost colony” of Roanoke. In 1587, explorer John White left 117 settlers on Roanoke Island on the coast of what is now this colony. By the time he returned from England 3 years later, the settlers had all vanished. To this day, no one knows what happened to the Lost Colony. What is this colony?
What is North Carolina
This was the first major battle of the American Revolution. The battle was fought on the hill just north of Boston, Massachusetts, on June 17, 1775. The colonists lost, but it felt like a victory for moral because the British lost so many soldiers
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
What date was the Declaration of Independence approved by the 2nd Continental Congress?
July 4th 1776
Successful inventor from Pennsylvania who represented the colonies in Britain and tried to convince the British government to treat the colonies fairly
Who is BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
This colony is known for its river which George Washington crossed to in the famous painting. It is named by the English explorer Samuel Argall in honor of Sir Thomas West, Lord Baron de la Warr
What is DELAWARE
This was the first colony to renounce its allegiance to the British Empire. It would also be the last to ratify the U.S Constitution.
What is Rhode Island?
On Christmas night, 1776, General George Washington led the Continental Army across the ice-choked Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. This daring surprise maneuver allowed American forces to attack Hessian soldiers at Trenton on December 26,
What is the Battle of Trenton
The 13 colonies were a group of settlements that became the original states of the United States. Name all 13 colonies
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight ride warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
This colony’s biggest export and most successful crop was blue indigo dye, historically known as “blue gold” for cotton fibers, yarn, and silk. King Charles II established the colony to his earls of British Nobility in 1665
What is SOUTH CAROLINA
Disguised herself as a man ("Robert Shurtleff") to fight in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment.
Who is Deborah Sampson
The first warfare between the colonists and the British soldiers in Massachusetts in 1775. What battle is known as the "shot heard around the world"
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord
What are three of the MANY things that lead to the colonist wanting to separate from England?
1. The stamp act
2. The Tea Act
3. The Boston Massacre
4. The killing of colonists, the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill
5. Paying Taxes with not representation in government