Acts
An act that required colonists to house British soldiers.
What is the quartering act?
The commander in chief during the revolutionary war. First US president.
What is George Washington?
King of Great Britain and Ireland during the American Revolution.
What is King George III?
The first military engagements of the Revolutionary War. Fought in the province of Massachusetts bay in 1775.
What is Lexington and Concord?
A meeting of 55 delegates from 12 colonies that discussed the intolerable acts
What is the First Continental Congress?
The act that closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid for.
What is the Boston Port Act?
Helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the US constitution. A founding father and wrote "Poor Richards Almanac"
What is Benjamin Franklin?
Prime Minister of Great Britain. Passed the Sugar and Stamp Acts.
What is George Grenville?
This battle provided a significant confidence boost for the Americans even though they lost. Was fought in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts.
What is Battle of Bunker Hill?
Group at the first continental congress represented by Patrick Henry, John Adams, and Samuel Adams.
What is Radicals?
Placed taxes on most printed goods in the colonies. It was the first direct tax on the colonies.
What is the stamp act?
Founding father, 3rd US president, and wrote the Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Jefferson
What is Marquis de Lafayette?
The last major battle of the Revolutionary war. General Cornwallis surrendered to the French and American army.
What is Battle of Yorktown?
A group at the First Continental Congress represented by George Washington and John Dickinson.
What is Moderates?
External tax on imports, eased rules for searching homes of smugglers, and suspended New York assembly for ignoring the Quartering Act.
What is the Townshend Acts?
One of the Founding Fathers. Is most famous for his work on the US constitution and the Bill of Rights.
What is James Madison?
General of the British army and surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown.
What is General Cornwallis?
Was a turning point in the war because it convinced the French of America's strength so they would help in the war.
What is Battle of Saratoga?
A group at the First Continental Congress represented by John Jay and Joseph Galloway.
What is Conservatives?
Act that expanded British ruled Quebec to the Ohio river
What is the Quebec Act?
One of the Founding Fathers, George Washington's assistant, and convinced New Yorkers to help ratify the US Constitution.
What is Alexander Hamilton?
Known as "Swamp Fox." One of the fathers of modern-day guerrilla warfare.
What is Francis Marion?
A battle that took place on December 26, 1776. Turning point because George Washington's raid crushed the British Hessian army.
What is Battle of Trenton?
Group not represented at the First Continental Congress.