Key People
Ruler of the British Empire
Who was King George III?
The battle that marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The period which encouraged people to come up with new ideas such as people should rule their own country.
The term that refers to the violent removal of the leadership or government of a country.
What is a revolution?
Leader of the Continental Army
Who was George Washington?
The battle that was known as the turning point of the war and prompted the entry of France.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What is the French and Indian War?
The number of states within America in the second half of eighteenth century.
What is 13?
Name of Colonial army men
Who were militiamen?
The year that the Battle of Lexington and Concord occurred (start of the war).
What is 1775?
The event that prompted the British to close the ports in Boston.
The name for the states in Britain.
What are the colonies?
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
The battle that, with the help of the French, Americans forced the British army to surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The reason why local peoples protested in 1770 Boston that resulted in the death of five people.
What are taxes?
The document that severed the colonies ties to the British Crown.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Colonial spy who warned the colonists of British arrival.
Who was Paul Revere?
The month and year that the Battle of Yorktown occurred.
The year the Boston Tea Party occurred.
What is 1773?
The name of the meeting in which the American Declaration of Independence was created.
Second Continental Congress