Vocabulary
Someone who wants freedom from Britain
What is a Patriot
Name of the event in which the Sons of Liberty threw chests of tea into one particular harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
First two battles of the American Revolution
What are Lexington and Concord
Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
According to the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get in the United States Congress
What is one per state
Someone who wanted to remain a British subject
What is a Loyalist
Tax on paper goods, legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act
What battle in Boston showed the British that the colonists would fight to the last man
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
Famous Revolutionary figure who warned the Patriots in Massachusetts that "the British are coming"
Who is Paul Revere
Name of a famous traitor in the American Revolutionary War
Who is Benedict Arnold
A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
Event in which British soldiers fired into a mob of enraged Colonists
What is the Boston Massacre
On December 25, 1776, George Washington and his men surprise attacked and defeated the Hessians at this battle
What is the Battle of Trenton
Prussian leader who helped train the Continental Army at Valley Forge
Who is Baron Friedrich von Steuben
What region saw the most brutal fighting of the Revolutionary War
What are the southern colonies
Hired foreign soldiers
What are Mercenaries
Which British act sparked outrage among American Colonists because of "taxation without representation"
What is The Sugar Act (1764)
Final battle of the War in which Britain surrenders
What is the Battle of Yorktown
Who wrote the the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Who won the French and Indian War
Who are the British and Americans
Laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to tighten government control of the colonists
What are the Intolerable Acts
Which Act was part of the Intolerable Acts that required colonists to provide food, drink, and shelter to British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
Turning point of the war, when the Americans start to take the lead
What is the Battle of Saratoga
Who was an American Naval Commander during the Revolutionary War later considered the father of the U.S. Navy?
Who is John Paul Jones
Who wrote the Treaty of Paris
Who are Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay