Causes & Lead-up
In this event, the Sons of Liberty dumped crates and crates of British tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
First major Battle of the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
British general who surrendered at Yorktown
Who is Lord Cornwallis?
King of Britain
Who is King George III?
The reason July 4, 1776 is important
What is the 2nd Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence?
This Act (tax) said that there would be a tax on all paper goods, such as official documents and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
In this Battle, the British army was trying to destroy a weapons cache of the Massachusetts militia, but colonial militia shot at them from behind walls and trees as they marched back to Boston.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The 2nd President of the U.S. who argued for independents in the 2nd Continental Congress.
Who is John Adams?
A French Nobleman who enlisted in the Continental Army.
Who is Lafayette?
Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This is the word for a local military unit made up of regular citizens--not professional soldiers.
What is a militia?
This is considered the turning point of the war because it's the point that the French joined on the side of the Continental Army.
The Battle of Saratoga
Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, promoting American independence.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This was an enslaved man who served as a spy in Cornwallis's camp by posing as a runaway slave.
Who was James Armistead Lafayette?
The three rights that are declared in the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
In this event, colonists started throwing snowballs at British soldiers. It eventually escalated to the point that the soldiers killed five American colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War where Cornwallis was surrounded and surrendered.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence and who eventually gained her freedom
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
This Congress, which contained all colonies but Georgia, was a response to the Coercive/Intolerable Acts.
What was the 1st Continental Congress?
The Declaration says that this is where all governments get their power to rule.
This series of Acts responded to the Boston Tea Party and said that Boston Harbor would be closed.
What are the Coercive or Intolerable acts?
In this Battle, George Washington led his troops across the Delaware river on Christmas night and attacked Hessian soldiers in their sleep.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
Gave a speech in the Virginia House of Burgesses that ended: "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death."
Patrick Henry
Elected officials from several different colonies met in New York City to decide what to do about the Stamp Act and other taxes.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
It officially ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
These are two results of the French and Indian War:
(any 2)
What are Britain was in debt, taxed the colonies, and wanted more control over them? Also, Britain gained control of the land to the west of the Appalachians, but wouldn't let the colonists settle there.
October 19, 1781
What is the surrender at Yorktown?
This was a member of the Continental Congress who helped convince France to give aid to the United States.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This Congress, which met in Philadelphia, approved the Declaration of Independence.
2nd Continental Congress
Which section of the Declaration does this phrase is from:
"...-- For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world-- For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent -- For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury -- For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
The grievances