Question 1-5
Why were the colonists becoming more and more angry with the British?
British forced the colonists to pay high taxes,King George 3rd refused to negotiate,The colonists thought it was unfair to be taxed without having any say in government
Who was the most famous person who warned the colonists that the British were coming?
Paul Revere
What is independence?
Not controlled
What are allies?
To join with others
What did they used to help people in Valley Forge?
They used whiskey
What important document did the continental congress publish in 1776?
The declaration of independence
How did the British plan to defeat the colonist during the battle of Saratoga?
They planned the split, the colonies in hAlf along the Hudson River
What is constitution?
Constitution is a set of rules that guide law country
What is compromise?
To make an agreement
What did George Washington miss whenever he was in Valley Forge?
He missed his home and his children and his wife
The French and Indian war broke out between whom?
Great Britain and France
How did the revolutionary war end?
The war ended when Great Britain surrender to the colonists
which people wrote the constitution of independence
John Adams, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson
What is a petition?
A request that is written by many people
What were British soldiers called?
They were called redcoats
What was the 1765 Stamp act?
A new tax put on every piece of printed paper used by the colonists
What important role did George Washington play during the war?
He was general of the continental army during the war
What country helped the revolutionary war?
France help the war
What is revolution?
A fight over government rules
What are patriots?
A person who forcefully fights for their country
What happened during the Boston tea party?
When colonist threw 342 chests of tea overboard into the Boston harbor to take a stand against Great Britain
What happened as a result of the constitutional convention?
Delegates from the colonies met to write a new plan for government. It was called the constitution
Who surrendered at the end of the revolutionary war?
Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown to end the war
what year was the revolutionary war?
1775 through 1783
What were the three acts that the revolutionary war started?
The taxation act , the Boston massacre the Boston tea party