Causes of the American Revolution
Britain started taxing the colonies to help pay off the huge debt from this war fought against France.
What is the French and Indian War?
Congress chose this experienced military leader to serve as commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
Many immigrants arrived in the colonies hoping for a chance to own this so they could farm.
What is land?
Americans celebrate Independence Day every year on this summer date.
What is July 4th (July 4, 1776)?
This great bell rang in Philadelphia to tell people that the Declaration of Independence had been adopted.
What is the Liberty Bell?
Colonists who remained loyal to King George III and supported Great Britain were called Loyalists or this name.
What are Tories?
Passed in 1765, this hated law forced colonists to pay a tax on printed paper and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
These two riders galloped through the night to warn the militia that the British army was marching to Lexington and Concord.
Who are Paul Revere and William Dawes?
The vocabulary word for a person who moves from one country to another country to live.
What is an immigrant?
In 1774, fifty-six colonial leaders met in Philadelphia for this major meeting to issue a Declaration of Rights to the British King and Parliament.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The first official American flag had this number of stars to represent the original states.
What is 13 stars?
A group of citizen volunteers who are armed and prepared for military service at any time.
What is a militia?
Colonists refused to pay taxes voted on by a British Parliament where they had no voice, calling it "taxation without..."
What is representation?
Washington led a surprise attack on Christmas night in 1776 after crossing this frozen waterway.
What is the Delaware River?
The main reason so many immigrants came to the American colonies (looking for jobs, land, or freedom).
What is opportunity?
Thomas Paine wrote this popular pamphlet to convince colonists that breaking away from Great Britain made sense.
What is Common Sense?
The house built in Washington, D.C. for the president and the president's family became known as this.
What is the White House?
Washington's army survived a freezing, miserable winter without shoes or blankets at this camp in Pennsylvania.
What is Valley Forge?
In December 1773, colonists protested a tax by dumping chests of tea into Boston Harbor during this famous event.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Winning this 1777 battle was the turning point of the war because it convinced France to join as an ally.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Large farms in the Southern colonies where enslaved people were forced to work without pay.
What are plantations?
This Virginia delegate wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This building in Washington, D.C. was built as the meeting place where Congress writes laws for the country.
What is the U.S. Capitol?
After winning independence, Americans created this type of government where citizens freely elect representatives to rule for them.
What is a republic?
Parliament passed harsh punishment laws that closed Boston's port and took away self-government, which colonists called these acts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The final major battle of the war in Virginia where British General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Colonists were happy for many years because they enjoyed this, meaning they could write their own laws and rule themselves.
What is self-government?
The Declaration of Independence famously states that everyone is born with equal rights, declaring "all men are..."
What is "created equal"?
According to legend, George Washington asked this Philadelphia woman to sew the very first American flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
This German military officer arrived at Valley Forge to train the Continental Army into skilled soldiers.
Who is Baron von Steuben?