American Revolution #1
Before the Revolutionary War, colonists organized boycotts against Great Britain. What group used violence and threats to enforce these boycotts?
Sons of Liberty
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies and declared Independence.
Who is the SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Name of the war which lasted eight years when colonists fought for their independence from Britain
What is the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
This document officially ended the American Revolution as an agreement of peace.
What is the TREATY OF PARIS
What was the tea act?
It allowed a British company to sell tea in the colonies for a very cheap price hurting the local tea merchants
The strategy of refusing to purchase goods in the hopes of weakening another party.
What is BOYCOTT
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
British General who surrendered at Yorktown
Who is CHARLES CORNWALLIS
After this victory, France was convinced the colonists could win and joined the war
What is SARATOGA
This was the place Washington and his soldiers spent Winter, a miserable and deadly place for his men.
What is VALLEY FORGE
Who is James Armistead
an enslaved African who worked as a spy and provided information that gave the Continental army an advantage at Yorktown
Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?
Britain was in debt and needed money
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight ride warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
The British soldiers' uniforms were a bright color and made the soldiers easier to spy. For this reason, they were given this colorful nickame.
What are the REDCOATS
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
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England, also known as a Tory.
What is a LOYALIST
Style of fighting used by the Continental Army which included hit-and-run, surprise attacks, and ambushing the British.
What is GUERRILLA WARFARE
These people were ready to fight if they got the call
Who were MINUTEMEN?
The Second Continental Congress sent this to King George to ask him for peace
What is the Olive Branch Petition
The last major battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Yorktown
It is the name for someone in the colonies who supported the American Revolution.
What is a PATRIOT
A law that required colonists to buy stamps for paper goods and documents as the _____________act.
Stamp
Complete this famous phrase that was a rallying call for the colonist when fighting against the acts imposed by Britain. "No taxation....
What is "WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"
Helped the Patriots by training soldiers and providing money.
Marquis de Lafayette
This law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the QUARTERING ACT
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed
July 4th, 1776
Describe the role of women during the Revolutionary War.
Women took on more responsibility to support the war effort.
Laws imposed by British lawmakers as a punishment for Massachusettes' actions in the Boston Tea Party
What are the INTOLERABLE ACTS
This phrase describes the opening firing of guns that stunned everyone
What is the "shot heard round the world"
The British were headed here to seize the colonists weapons
What is Lexington and Concord
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III
The Declaration said all people have the right to these three things
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
battle won by the British but with double the losses of the Patriots
What is Battle of Bunker Hill