The American Revolution

Vocabulary

100

a complete change in the way people live or work 

revolution

200

a written document that is signed when people agree to do or change something

petition

300

freedom, or not being controlled by others

independence

400

a set of rules that guide how a country works

Constitution

500

to unite or join with others

allies

The Acts

100

a new tax that was put on every piece of printed paper used by the colonists

Stamp Act

200

a tax on sugar or molasses

Sugar Act

300

this required colonists to provide shelter and food to British soldiers

Quartering Act

Major Events

100

The French and Indian War broke out between?

Great Britain and France

200

this document was published by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence

300

when colonists threw 342 chests of tea overboard into Boston Harbor to take a stand against Great Britain

Boston Tea Party

400

how the Rev War ended

when Great Britain surrendered to the colonists

500

How the British planned to defeat the colonists during the Battle of Saratoga

they planned to split the colonies in half along the Hudson River

Misc.

100

an agreement that is reached by each side giving in or coming to an understanding

compromise

200

he warned the colonists that the British were coming

Paul Revere

300

Name 3 Founding Fathers

Any of these:  Jefferson, Hamilton, Washington, Adams, Franklin

400

what "side" a Patriot was on

Colonist

500

What side were "Loyalists" on?

British