Road to Revolution
This conflict, the first large scale war in North America, kicked off the Road to Revolution?
What is the French & Indian War (Seven Years War)
The first non-royal Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Patrick Henry, gave this famous speech extolling the virtues of Revolution.
What is "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death"
American colonists listed their grievances with King George III of England in this founding document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What was the first government of the Untied States?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The War of 1812 was between these two countries.
What is the U.S. and the British Empire?
This New England city had major events on the Road to Revolution such as a Tea Party & Massacre.
What is Boston?
This author of Common Sense laid out the philosophical, moral, and logical reasoning for the American Revolution.
Who is Thomas Paine?
What are cities?
What founding document sets up our federal government and is the supreme law of the land?
What is the Constitution?
This figure was the President during the War of 1812.
Who is James Madison?
Acts such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act increased this on American colonists.
What are taxes?
Sam Adams founded this group which advocated for Revolution through violent actions and secret "Shadow Governments" in the colonies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The low point of the American Revolution, for the Patriots, was George Washington's Winter at this location.
What is Valley Forge, PA?
This founding document secures our personal freedoms, such as religion, press, right to bear arms, and state's rights among others.
What is the Bill of Rights
Dolly Madison saved a portrait of this historic figure, that you can view to this today in the National Portrait Gallery in D.C., from being destroyed when the White House was burned to ground by the British during the War of 1812.
Who is George Washington?
"The Shot Heard Round The World" occurred in this battle the first of the American Revolution.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This action was a common punishment for British Tax Collectors in the colonies.
What is "Tar and Feathering"
This battle was the key turning point of the American Revolution.
What is Saratoga?
In his Farewell Address George Washington warned the country against these two issues.
What are Political Parties and Foreign (Eurepean) Wars?
The War of 1812 guaranteed independence for these two countries.
What are the U.S. and Canada?
Supporters and opponents of the American Revolution were divided into these two groups while a significant third portion stayed neutral.
What are Patriots and Tories / Loyalists?
Ultimately, American colonists felt they lacked this key democratic principle in the British Parliament.
The final battle of the Revolution in Yorktowne, VA was won with critical naval blockade and artillery from this European ally.
What is France?
Founding American ideals such as Liberty and Equality hypocritically left out this group worth "3/5th"s of a citizen.
Who are enslaved African-Americans?
The War of 1812 cemented further territorial losses for this group of people.
What are Native Americans?