Protests
This group kept the colonists informed in each colony
What is the Committee of Correspondance?
He was chosen to lead the militia at the SECOND Continental Congress
Who is George Washington?
The ‘shot heard round the world’ was fired here
What is Lexington/Concord?
A colonist who opposed the King and Parliament
What is a patriot?
This section in the Declaration of Independence that tells the purpose of the document that the colonists wanted independence
What is the preamble?
The ship the Rhode Island colonists set on fire to protest
A law making assembly in Great Britain
What is Parliament?
The last battle of the American Revolution
What is Yorktown?
A colonist who supported the King
What is a Loyalist?
This document was signed on July 4th, 1776 and was written by Thomas Jefferson
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A law made for the people of Boston that included closing the Boston Harbor
What are the Intolerable Acts?
How women helped in the war
What is cooking, sewing, writing letters, firing weapons?
These strategies helped the colonist win Lexington and Concord
What is use the land to hide behind, outnumber, surprise attack?
The group of rebels led by Sam Adams
What is The Sons Of Liberty?
Was written to the King as one last plea to allow colonists to have representation in Parliament.The King ignored it and stopped trade with the colonists.
What is the Olive Branch?
The reason the colonists resented the Stamp Act
What is "No Taxation Without Representation"?
A militia group ready in a moment’s notice
What is minutemen?
This happened at the Battle of Concord.
What is where the Redcoats were looking for ammunition, set it on fire, then battled the colonists on North Bridge?
Because of this the colonists had to buy from The East India Company and only the colonists had to pay a tax on tea
What is The Boston Tea Party?
This statement of rights listed these rights of the colonists in the Declaration of Independence
What is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
This is the result of the war and defines democracy aka the type of government colonists wanted
What is self government and a say in selecting your leaders?
Representatives from every colony, except one, that met in Philadelphia at this meeting
What is the First Continental Congress?
The group was asked to get the colonists in order by King GeorgeIII.
What is German mercenaries?
All but one colony went to the First Constitutional Convention
Who is Georgia?
Was written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists to go to war and break away from Great Britain
What is Common Sense?