Causes of Revolutionary War
this group staged the Boston Tea Party, tarred and feathered officials, and helped enforced boycotts, and targeted British policies like the Stamp Act.
Who is the Sons of Liberty?
Colonist who remained loyal to the British government
What is a loyalist?
What day did the Continental Congress pass the Declaration of Independence?
What is July 4, 1776?
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers that resulted in 5 deaths was called...
What is The Boston Massacre?
November 7, 1775, Lord Dunmore in Virginia declared any slave that would fight for Britain would earn their freedom.
What is Dunmore's Proclamation?
What was the cause of the Boston Tea Party?
What is the Tea Act or Tea Tax?
Though they won it, this war would bankrupt Britain and would cause them to heavily tax the 13 colonies.
What is the French Indian War or Seven Year War?
What is the first and second amendment in the Constitution?
And what is the right to bear arms?
After the Battle of Saratoga, this ally will join the fight against the British.
Who is the French?
Colonist who wanted independence from Britain
What is patriot?
These acts forced colonial people to provide barracks (lodging), food, and alcohol to British Soldiers.
Many in the colonies felt that “taxation without _____________________” was a denial of their most basic rights as British citizens.
What is representation?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
An early battle that took place mostly on Breed's Hill outside of Boston that built morale for the American's side.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Name two advantages the American Army had.
What is fight on their own land, had easier access to key supplies, and fought using guerilla warfare tactics?
Patrick Henry's famous speech in the House of Burgesses ended with these words
“Give me liberty or give me death!”
This law is passed by the British after the French Indian War. It states that the 13 colonies cannot venture west past the Appalachian Mountains.
What is THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763?
Three unalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence are life, _______________, and the _____________ of ____________________.
What is liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Name two of the riders on "the midnight ride." They rode out of Boston to tell the Colonial Militia that the Redcoats were coming.
Who is Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott and William Dawes?
This disease wiped out 40 percent of people at George Washington's Valley Forge Camp.
What is smallpox?
Closing this harbor may have been the final straw for the American colonists to want war with Britain.
What is Boston Harbor?
These acts were a punishment for the Boston Tea Party
What is the Coercive Acts or the Intolerable Acts?
This document was sent by the Americans after the Battles of Lexington and Concord which was meant to make peace instead of a full scale war.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
As George Washington decided to surprise attack the Hessian Troops, what river did his troops have to cross and what were conditions like on the river?
What is crossing the Delaware and the river was frozen with mostly ice.
Name one group of people whose rights were not addressed in the Declaration of Independence
Who are Black Americans, Native Americans, or women?