Taxation Without Representation
This 1765 act placed a tax on all paper goods, from legal documents to playing cards.
What was the Stamp Act?
In this 1770 event, British soldiers killed 5 colonists; it was later used as powerful anti-British propaganda.
What was the Boston Massacre?
The "shot heard 'round the world" was fired at this first battle of the war in 1775.
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This American victory in 1777 is considered the war's biggest turning point because it convinced France to become an American ally.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
The easy British victory and capture of this major southern city made the South the new center of the war.
What was Charleston?
This famous colonial protest slogan was a response to acts like the Sugar Act.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
The Tea Act gave a British company a monopoly on tea, leading directly to this famous protest.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Though a British victory, this battle proved that the untrained colonial militia could stand up to the professional British army.
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The Continental Army endured a harsh winter here, but emerged as a tougher, better-trained fighting force thanks to Baron von Steuben.
What was the Winter at Valley Forge?
This crushing American defeat in South Carolina was a low point for the Patriots in the southern campaign.
What was the Battle of Camden?
The Townshend Acts proved that Great Britain would not do this when it came to taxing the colonies.
What is back down (or give up)?
As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed these harsh laws to close the city's port.
What were the Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts)?
This major defeat for Washington in 1776 resulted in the British capturing New York City.
What was the Battle of Long Island?
This battle was a draw, but it proved the new training from Valley Forge had turned the Continental Army into a more professional force.
What was the Battle of Monmouth?
In this battle, American forces used a clever trick to defeat the British and begin taking back the South.
What was the Battle of Cowpens?
This was the first major British policy after the French and Indian War that angered the colonists by forbidding settlement in western lands.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
By punishing Boston so harshly with the Intolerable Acts, Britain accidentally pushed the colonies to do this.
What is unite together?
This surprise Christmas night attack on Hessian soldiers was a crucial victory that saved the Continental Army from collapse.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
The capture of the British fort at Vincennes helped strengthen American claims to these lands after the war.
What are the western lands (or the Ohio River Valley)?
This battle was technically a British victory, but they lost so many soldiers that it weakened their army for the final battle at Yorktown.
What was the Battle of Guilford Courthouse?
Passed when the Stamp Act was repealed, this act declared that Britain still had the absolute right to rule and tax the colonies.
What was the Declaratory Act?
In response to the Intolerable Acts, colonial leaders formed this group to organize their resistance against Britain.
What was the First Continental Congress?
This victory, coming right after Trenton, gave the American army a much-needed boost of confidence.
What was the Battle of Princeton?
This 1781 victory in South Carolina was a major morale boost and a key step in driving the British out of the South.
What was the Battle of Cowpens?
In this final major battle of the war, American and French forces trapped General Cornwallis, forcing him to surrender.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?