Chapter 8
How the colonists protested British taxes.
What is refuse to buy British goods.
The main reason African Americans fought in the Revolutionary War was.
What is they were promised their freedom in return?
What is passed new tax laws for the colonies.
The country that supported America during the War.
What is France?
First commander in chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
A Patriot.
What is someone who wanted independence from Britain?
The Committee of Correspondence helped the colonists fight against British rule.
What is spread information quickly?
The cause of goods in America.
What is the British blockades at American ports.
Responsible for the Boston Tea Party.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The battles at Lexington and Concord were important because.
What is marked the beginning of the American Revolution?
A loyalist.
What is someone who was loyal to the British.
organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston.
Who is Samuel Adams?
Where the British hoped to defeat the colonists.
What is in the Southern colonies.
An ordinance.
What is a set of laws?
One major cause of the French and Indian War was.
What is France and Britain both claimed lands in North America?
The side the Native Americans took in the War.
What is some stayed neutral and some chose a side?
July 4th, 1776 was an important date in American history because.
What is Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence.
What George Washington did after the War.
What is retire as commander in chief?
What is an event that causes and important change?
The first person to sign the declaration of Independence was.
Who is John Hancock?
Why the Treaty of Paris was important.
What is it officially ended the War.
Called for a resolution in the second Continental Congress for independence from Britain.
Who is Richard Henry Lee?
How Yorktown's location helped the French and Americans.
What is made it easier to circle around the British.
After war more people started moving.
What is West?