People
Commander of Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
Shot heard around the world
What is the Battle of Lexington?
Act that forced colonists to house British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act?
We hold these truths to be self evident that
What is all men are created equally?
The war prior to Revolutionary War that put England in debt
What is the French and Indian War?
Author of Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Washington's surprise attack on Christmas
What is the Battle of Trenton?
Rebels who threw tea into Boston Harbor
Who are Sons of Liberty?
No taxation without
What is representation?
Citizen soldiers
Who are the minutemen?
American diplomat who convinced the French to join the war
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Battle known as turning point - the French came in after
What is Saratoga?
Taxes like the Stamp and Sugar Act signaled the end of this British policy of not enforcing laws
What is salutary neglect?
The person who endows men with unalienable rights...
Who is the Creator? (God)
Treaty that ends the Rev War
What is Treaty of Paris?
Son of Liberty rode into countryside warning the British are coming.... (also did Boston Massacre engraving)
Who is Paul Revere?
The British surrendered here
What is Yorktown?
Act that shut down Boston Harbor
What is the INtolerable/Coercive Act?
3 rights listed in the Dec of Ind
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Colonists who did not want to fight and wanted to stay with the king and Great Britain
Who are the Loyalists/Tories?
African American killed in Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Battle fought in NC by Nathaniel Green. Colonists lose but British troops greatly weakened.
What is Guilford Courthouse?
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Governments derive their power from
What is the consent of the governed?
Prussian soldier who came to Valley Forge and helped train Washington's men into hardened soldiers?
Who is Frederich von Steuben?