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American Revolution Vocabulary
100

This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper. The tax was put into place to have the colonists pay Britain back for their help during the French and Indian War.

What is the Stamp Act?

100
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
100

This event happened when a group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.

What is the Boston Massacre?

100

The colonists were so upset about the tax on tea that they several Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

100

This word means freedom from being ruled by someone else.

What is "independence"?

200
freedoms protected by the law or government
What are "rights"?
200
One that wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a "patriot"?
200
These were the people that supported Britain and King George.
What are "loyalists"?
200

This word means the defeat of an army.

What is "victory"?

200
This is someone who is disloyal to his or her country.
What is a "traitor"?
300
This battle was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is sometimes called "The shot heard 'round the world".
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
300

He helped to edit the Declaration of Independence. He also assisted the colonial army by getting supplies from France. He represented the colonists when signing the Treaty of Paris.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

300
This is the crime that some were accused of because they were fighting against their own government (King George III).
What is "treason"?
300

His was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Who is Paul Revere?

300
This document was written to King George III stating that the colonies wanted their independence and that they should have rights.
What is the Declaration of independence?
400

He was the Patriot that made the angry speech against the Stamp Act. His famous quote is "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Who is Patrick Henry?

400

He was the one that shared many of his ideas about the colonists' independence by writing the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400
He was first on the side of the colonists and then switched sides to support Britain. He is known for being a traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
400
He was the Boston lawyer that defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. He wanted to prove that colonial courts were fair.
Who is John Adams?
400
He wrote a pamphlet (or small book) called "Common Sense" to get the colonists to see why they needed to be free of Britain's rule.
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
During the battle, France ended up joining the colonists and helped to send supplies to colonial soldiers.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
This is where the colonial army spent a long, cold winter fighting off disease and hunger. Washington, however, helped the troops to keep going.
What is Valley Forge?
500
This was the last official battle of the American Revolution. This British surrendered and the colonists won the war for their independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500

He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The colonies loved his leadership so much that they made him the first official President of the colonies.

Who is George Washington?

500
DOUBLE POINTS.... These women were responsible for helping out the men and making clothing for them as they protested goods and taxes charged by the British.
Who were THE DAUGHTERS of Liberty?