Patriots
A veteran of the Seven Years War, he was named General of the Continental Army in June 1775.
George Washington
The Seven Years War is also known as ___.
The French and Indian War
This act placed a tax on items including dice and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
This town was the site of the first battle of the war, where the "shot heard round the world" was fired.
Concord, Massachusetts
This man was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
This Boston lawyer provided the defense in the trial of British officers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
In the first two years of the war, the ____ suffered many defeats.
British
This 1764 law imposed a duty on molasses and fortified punishment for smuggling.
The Sugar Act
This infamous American became a traitor when he changed his alliance to the British cause.
This man's signature is the most prominent signature on the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock
He anonymously wrote "Common Sense," a popular 1776 pamphlet advocating independence for the colonies.
Thomas Paine
This owner of the Philadelphia Gazette published a drawing of a snake, clipped into pieces alongside the words "Join, or Die," as an attempt to unify the colonies.
Ben Franklin
The Acts, passed after the repeal of the Stamp Act, imposed taxes on items such as glass, lead, and paint, sparking a boycott of British goods among the colonists.
The Townshend Acts
General Washington and 11,000 soldiers in the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777-1778 in this town, desperately short of food and supplies.
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed the abuses that the colonies suffered from King ___.
King George III
He was a Virginian who passionately argued against the Stamp Act, whose speech included the line, "If this be treason, then make the most of it!"
Patrick Henry
This Indian tribe (actually a collection of local tribes) switched alliances during the war in an effort to be allied with the likely victors.
The Iroquois
This act created a British monopoly on tea in the colonies.
The Tea Act
In this town, British General Cornwallis surrendered to the Continental Army, effectively ending the war.
Yorktown, Virginia
This is the name for the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, which describes the reason for the document itself.
the preamble
He was an American spy who, in 1776, was captured by the British and, before execution, said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
In May 1963, this leader of the Ottawa nation conducted raids on British forts and settlements, leading to vicious fighting that killed thousands.
Pontiac
This act provided for a British-appointed governor of Massachusetts.
These three European nations declared war on Great Britain during the Revolutionary War, adding new fronts in Europe and the Caribbean.
France, Spain, and the Netherlands
The views of this British philosopher influenced many ideas in the Declaration of Independence
John Locke