Causes of the Revolution
The act that taxed printed materials like newspapers.
What was the Stamp Act?
The year that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What was 1776?
He wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
They were colonists loyal to Britain.
Who were the loyalists?
This group organized the Boston Tea Party.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The phrase the colonists used to protest taxation without representation
What was the phrase "No taxation without representation"?
The battle that was known as the turning point of the war.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
He was the Primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The meaning of "militia".
What were a group of citizen soldiers?
This document officially declared the colonies' independence from Britain.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
The reason for the intolerable acts, and why were they passed?
What was punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
Name two results of the Treaty of Paris (1783).
What was recognized US independence; expanded US territory to the Mississippi River.
He was the French military officer who supported the American colonists and became a key ally.
Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
This was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
What was to declare the colonies independence from Britain formally?
The nickname for British Soldiers?
Who were the Redcoats or Lobsterbacks?
This was the act that required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers.
What was the Quartering Act?
This British general surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown.
Who was General Cornwallis?
He was the king of Britain during the time of the Revolutionary War?
Who was King George III
The meaning of "Boycott".
What is to refuse to buy goods or services as a form of protest?
This country helped the colonies during the war.
What was France?
This meeting was held in 1774 to address colonial grievance against Britain.
What was the First Continental Congress?
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What was the Treaty of Paris, 1783?
He was the commander of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
The name for a formal agreement between two countries to work together?
What is an Alliance?
George Washington crossed this river on Christmas night for a surprise attack.
What was the Delaware River?
The purpose of the Proclamations of 1763.
What was to prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The first battles of the Revolution.
What were the battles of Lexington and Concord?
He rode to warn colonists of the British troops' arrival
Who was Paul Revere?
Patriot refers to this.
What were the Colonists who supported independence?
This country also supported the American colonies during the war.
Who was Spain, Germany or Russia.