Conflict in the Colonies
This British law taxed printed materials like newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
The first battles of the American Revolution were fought here.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This document officially announced the colonies’ break from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This winter camp tested the strength of the Continental Army.
What is Valley Forge?
This group was not given equal rights in the Declaration of Independence.
Who are women?
Colonists protested this British tax by dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Tea Act?
This group of colonists was ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
Who are the Minutemen?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraged colonists to support independence.
What is Common Sense?
This battle became the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
African Americans were first __________ from serving in the Continental Army.
What is banned?
This event increased resentment after British soldiers fired into a crowd.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This army was created by the Second Continental Congress.
What is the Continental Army?
This phrase describes rights people are born with.
What are natural rights?
This European country officially joined the Patriots after Saratoga.
What is France?
Women helped the war effort by running farms, making clothing, and serving as __________.
What are nurses, messengers, or spies?
These laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This Patriot warned colonists that British troops were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
This part of the Declaration lists complaints against the king.
What are grievances?
This Prussian officer helped train the Continental Army.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
The British promised __________ to enslaved people who fought for them.
What is freedom?
This phrase meant colonists believed taxes were unfair without representation.
What is “taxation without representation”?
This early battle boosted Patriot confidence despite a retreat.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This group made up about 20–30% of the population and remained loyal to Britain.
Who are Loyalists?
This naval hero famously said, “I have not yet begun to fight.”
Who is John Paul Jones?
This group fought for liberty but remained enslaved after the war.
Who are African Americans?