Battles
First battles of the American Revolution took place where?
Lexington & Concord
Leader of the Colonial Forces?
George Washington
Tax on paper products
Stamp Act
Who did MOST of the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The British policy of ignoring the colonies and allowing them self rule because of the geographic distance?
Salutary Neglect
The Turning Point of the war came after this battle because the French joined us in the fight?
Saratoga
Warned the minutemen that the British were coming in the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Paul Revere
Soldiers were allowed to stay in people's homes?
Quatering Act
the King (Charles III)
British policy of forcing the colonies to only trade with Mother England?
Mercantilism
Final battle of the American Revolution where British General Cornwallis was defeated?
Yorktown
Leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Sam Adams
The Tea Act led to this famous response from the Sons of Liberty?
Boston Tea Party
Who has the MOST famous signature on the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
What war did the British win, but forced the colonies to start paying for it ending the policy of salutary neglect?
French and Indian War
The battle that was a turning point of the war in Spartanburg, South Carolina where General Cornwallis took heavy losses?
Cowpens
Very popular politician who was sent to France to ask for their help and would eventually get it?
Ben Franklin
The King responded to the Boston Tea Party with this act that shut down the city of Boston?
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Name one of the men who assisted Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams or Ben Franklin or Roger Sherman or Roger Livingston
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
George Washington saved his army on Christmas Day when he crossed the Delaware River and surprised attacked the Hessian army in this battle?
Trenton
"Give me Liberty or Give me Death" quote came from this famous Patriot?
Patrick Henry
The King did not allow the colonists to cross the Applachian Mountains with this act?
Proclamation Line of 1763
Give the exact date that the Declaration of Independence was signed?
July 4, 1776
What was the battle cry of the American Revolution?
"No taxation, withour representation"