Declaration of Independence
Who was the declaration intended for?
King George
The stamp act was a
Tax on paper
What were the sides in the war?
English vs. French
The first African american man to die in the Revolution was named:
Crispus Attucks
This is called "The shot heard around the world"
Lexington and Concorde
What did the declaration of Independence list?
Colonist complaints (Grievances)
Colonists were throwing snowballs at armed troops. The troops fired into the colonists, killing several, including Crispus Attucks
What event was this?
Boston Massacre
What was the war fought over?
Ohio River valley
This man was a Spy for the Marquis de Lafayette and Washington. He pretended to be a runaway slave
James Armistead
This was the final battle of the war
Yorktown
Name a Grievance from the Declaration of Independence
Quartering troops, lack of freedoms, lack of representation, proclamation of 1763, excessive taxes
Due to taxes on tea, colonists protested by
Boston tea party
Who was forced to pay for the war?
The colonists
This woman wrote letters to her husband during the war asking him to "Remember the Ladies"
Abigail Adams
This battle convinced the French to join the war
Saratoga
"For imposing taxes on us without our consent" is a fancy way of saying...
No taxation without representation
The Townshend acts were taxes on
Common goods, such as cloth, leather, glass, and lead
How was the English government going to make the colonists pay for the cost of the war?
Through taxes
This man was born Free, and during the war he helped Paul Revere as well as enlisting as a continental army soldier
Wentworth Cheswell
This wasnt technically a battle, but the continental army trained theough the winter at _________ ______
Valley Forge
"He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good"
What does this mean?
The king refused to pass laws that are good and needed for everybody
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
A law that prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mts.
This legendary American General fought his first battle during the French and Indian war...
Where he was thoroughly beaten.
His name was
George Washington
This man trained troops and brough French supplies to help the war effort
Marquis de Lafayette
At this battle, French and American forces completely surrounded the Army of General Cornwallis, ending the war
Siege of Yorktown