American Revolution #1
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
What is the Boston Massacre?
A group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
This Loyalist escaped slavery and went to Virginia to join the British.
Who was Titus Cornelius?
This is the name given to British soldiers.
What are Redcoats?
This is was colonists who supported the British were called.
What are Loyalists?
Someone who wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a "patriot" during the American revolution?
He was the monarch of Great Britain during the war.
Who was King George?
This Black American served as a spy for the Patriots.
Who is James Armistead?
This American was shot by the British while protesting in Boston.
Who was Crispus Attacks?
This is when the government ends slavery.
George Washington was appointed to this position by the Continental Congress.
What is Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?
What are delegates?
This was the first state to allow Blacks to enlist in the Continental Army.
This woman used the judicial system to argue that she should be emancipated from slavery.
Who is Mum Bett?
She wrote to George Washington urging him to allow enslaved Africans to join the war.
This individual killed the British general at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Who is Peter Salem?
During this protest, Patriots showed their anger over the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This is the meeting of delegates from the colonies to discuss concerns with the British.
What is the First Continental Congress?
What is manumission?
This became a famous saying that meant colonists wanted to be part of Parliament.
What was "No taxation without representation"?
This is the date and location of the Boston Massacre.
What is March 5, 1770 on King Street in Boston?
The Continental Congress met here to discuss the colonists' concerns before the war.
What is Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, PA?
This is the number of delegates who attended the first Continental Congress.
12 out of 13
This is what we call the legislative branch in England which worked with King George.
What is Parliament?