Acts
This act imposed taxes on all legal documents including contracts, newspapers, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
This person led the Continental Army and became the first president of the United States.
George Washington
This battle was the turning point for the Patriots during the revolution.
Battle of Saratoga
This group protested the British through organized boycotts and public spinning bees.
Daughters of Liberty
This event was caused by throwing snowballs at British soldiers.
The Boston Massacre
This act required colonists to feed and house the British soldiers.
The Quartering Act
This person was sent to France to gain the Treaty of Alliance.
Benjamin Franklin
This was the bloodiest battle of the war, where British troops lost over 1,000 men.
Battle of Bunker Hill
This group wanted to remain a colony of Great Britain and did not want to fight.
Loyalists
The Boston Tea Party
This series of acts was a direct result of the Boston Tea Party and disallowed trade through the Boston Harbor until the damaged tea was paid for.
The Intolerable Acts
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This is where the "shot heard from around the world" took place.
Battle at Lexington & Concord
This group held rallies, protests, gave speeches, and participated in the Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty
This event was the result of the Battle of Yorktown, signifying the end of the war.
Signing of the Paris Treaty
This series of acts imposed taxes on items such as paint, lead, glass, paper, and tea.
The Townshend Acts
This person was a Son of Liberty and rode to local leaders and military commanders to warn that the British were coming during the night of April 18, 1775.
Paul Revere
This is where Washington's troops surprise attacked Hessians on the night of December 25th.
Battle of Trenton
This group needed to be ready within a minute's notice to fight.
Minutemen
The Proclamation of 1763 was a direct result of what?
the French & Indian War
This act allowed the East India Trading Company a monopoly of trade to the colonies, angering the colonists and putting local merchants out of business.
The Tea Act
This person was the first celebrated African-American poet and famously wrote about George Washington.
Phillis Wheatley
After General Cornwallis' troops surrendered, the British band played "The World Turned Upside Down" after this battle.
Battle of Yorktown
This group of people were responsible for sending messages across the colonies whenever news needed to be shared.
the Committees of Correspondence
This event occurred after the Intolerable Acts where delegates from 13 colonies met to unite against Great Britain's tyranny.
The First Continental Congress