Road to Revolution
This is when someone refuses to buy certain things in order to protest
Boycott
Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Militia
Who commanded the army of the American Revolutionaries
George Washington
This law was passed by the British Parliament in order to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
What were the three specific rights the Declaration of Independence says are "unalienable"
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
This was the name for colonists who wanted full independence from Great Britain
Patriots
Which European Nation helped the American Revolutionaries
France
What was the meeting where delegates from most of the 13 colonies met to try repeal the Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet calling for independence from Britain
Common Sense
This is was the name for colonists who opposed independence and wanted to remain in the British Empire
Loyalists
What was the first battle of the American Revolution where there was the "Shot heard round the world"
Lexington and Concord
What city was the First Continental Congress held in?
Philadelphia
The Declaration of Independence does NOT discuss the rights of what people?
Enslaved people and Women
This man rode through the night to warn colonists that the British army was on its way
Paul Revere
In what battle did the Americans cross the dangerous Delaware river Christmas night
The battle of Trenton
How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?
They united with the other colonies to defend Massachusetts and oppose British tyranny
The Declaration of independence used ideas from what European philosophical movement
The Enlightenment
These were German mercenaries that Britain hired to fight the American rebellion
Hessians
What was the final battle of the American Revolution
The battle of Yorktown