Before the War
The European country that fought Britain for land in North America.
France
The British law that taxed printed materials.
Stamp Act
Colonists dumped tea into this body of water.
Boston Harbor
The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired here.
Lexington and Concord
Patriot who inspired colonists with a famous speech about liberty.
Patrick Henry
The region both Britain and France wanted to control.
Ohio River Valley
Britain passed taxes mainly to pay for this war.
French and Indian War
Patriots dressed as this group during the Boston Tea Party.
Native Americans
The battle considered the turning point of the war.
Battle of Saratoga
Woman who disguised herself as a man to fight.
Deborah Sampson
Native Americans mostly supported this side during the French and Indian War.
France
The British wanted strict control over these colonial bodies.
Colonial legislatures
Colonists were killed in this event after taunting soldiers.
Boston Massacre
The first major battle of the Revolutionary War.
Bunker Hill
A patriot woman who assisted soldiers in the Continental Army during the battle of Monmouth
Molly Pitcher
This document was meant to prevent costly wars with Native Americans.
Proclamation of 1763
The Prime Minister whose government passed acts leading to the Boston Tea Party.
Lord North
This meeting organized colonial resistance to Britain.
First Continental Congress
The battle where British forces were surrounded and defeated in Virginia.
Battle of Yorktown
Author of the Federalist Papers, first Secretary of the Treasury.
British colonists were forbidden to settle west of this mountain range.
Appalachian Mountains
The British goal of remaining a world power caused this conflict.
French and Indian War
This protest targeted taxes on tea.
Boston Tea Party
This battle convinced France to support the colonies.
Battle of Saratoga
Former enslaved person who became a spy for the Continental Army.
James Armistead Lafayette