Causes of the American Revolution
This March 5 1770 incident sparked outrage across the colonies
What is the Boston Massacre?
This was the first battle of the American Revolution
What is the Lexington and Concord?
Who was the Author of the Declaration of Indepedence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A person who wanted Independence from Britain was known as?
What is a Patriot?
Who was the general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
Who is George Washington?
This act was required colonist to pay for stamps on every paper they purchased
What is the Stamp Act
What was the state of the Continental Army before George Washington crossed the Delaware?
What person was the Declaration of Independence written too?
Who is King George the 3rd?
People who wanted to stay within the British Empire were known as?
What is Loyalists?
What country came to the Continental armies aid after the Battle of Saratoga?
Who are the French>
This was caused the British to go into massive debt and inturn have to tax the American Colonies
What is the French and Indian War?
This battle followed the famous crossing of the Delaware River in 1777
What is Trenton?
What are rights that are inalienable?
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Soilders who are paid to fight for another countries behalf are called?
What are mercenaries?
What was the river George Washington crossed before the Battle of Trenton?
What is the Delaware River?
This act required no movement west of the appolachian mountains
What is the Proclamation line of 1763?
This battle was the turning point in the war and finally got the French to join into the war on the American Side?
What is Saratoga?
If a government is mistreating their citizens what does the citizens have the right to do?
What is to abolish that government?
This was a tactic employed by the Colonial militias agianst the British?
What is Guerilla Warfare?
What country did Britian hire Mercenies from and that were stationed at Trenton
What is Germany?
These series of acts were created to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. They are known as?
What are the intolerable acts (coercive acts)
This Virginia battle ended the war in 1781?
What is Yorktown?
What is the Governments main job in terms of rights for citizens?
What are to protect citizens rights?
This was used as a measure of protest against British goods. People would simple not buy them
What is Boycott?
What female patriot wrote satire against the British during the lead up to the Revolutionary War
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?