Questions 1-4
The main reason the British taxed the colonists after the French and Indian War was to pay for
The Sons of Liberty were colonists who protested
unfair taxes
Who rode out to warn the colonists that British troops were marching.
Paul Revere
The main message of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was that the colonies should
declare independence
On Christmas night, 1776, George Washington crossed the _______________________________ and surprised the Hessians.
Delaware River
The Stamp Act placed a tax on
printed materials
The Boston Tea Party was when colonists dumped __________________________ into Boston Harbor to protest taxes.
tea
Minutemen were soldiers who could be ready to fight at a
moment’s notice
The Declaration of Independence was approved on
July 4, 1776
General _______________________________ surrendered at Yorktown.
Cornwallis
Colonists thought the Stamp Act was unfair because they had no __________________________________ in Parliament.
representation
As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament closed
Boston Harbor
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at
Lexington
A major problem the Continental Army faced at Valley Forge was extreme ______________________________ and disease.
cold, hunger
The French navy was important at Yorktown because they blocked British _______________________________ from escaping.
ships
The colonists’ famous protest slogan was “________________________________________!”
“No taxation without representation!”
The purpose of the First Continental Congress was to discuss colonial __________________________ and unite the colonies.
complaints
Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army.
George Washington
The Continental Army was trained at Valley Forge by
Friedrich von Steuben
The Treaty of Paris (1783) _____________________________________ the Revolutionary War.
ended