Important Battles
What was the first battle of the Revolution?
What is Lexington and Concord.
an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington.
The turning point in the Revolution.
What was the Battle of Saratoga.
This document was authored primarily by Thomas Jefferson and listed grievances against King George III.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
The turning point of the Revolutionary war.
What is The Battles of Saratoga.
Author of Common Sense and the Crisis.
Who is Thomas Paine.
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty against the Stamp Act.
What is The Boston Tea Party.
What is described by the following: Too much power to the states and the inability to collect taxes.
What is The Articles of Confederation.
What was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War.
What was The Siege of Boston.
An American that was a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, and printer.
Who is Benjamin Franklin.
A confrontation in Boston in which nine British soldiers shot several people in a crowd.
What was The Boston Massacre.
Comprises of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights.
the surrender began on September 28, 1781, in Yorktown, Virginia.
What is The Battle of Yorktown.
Known by most as the man who alerted the colonial militia of the approaching British forces.
Who is Paul Revere.
To recoup some of the massive debt left over from the war with France, Parliament passed laws.
What is The Stamp Act.
Ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is The Treaty of Paris.
War between the United States and Great Britain, that gained the surrender of Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan.
What is The Battle of Fort Washington.
American patriot who helped to negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1783 and also created the famous 'join or die' political cartoon.
Who is Benjamin Franklin.
A small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.
What was The Battle of Trenton.
Drawned upon by Thomas Jefferson for the opening paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence.
What was the Virginia Declaration of Rights.