Vocabulary
The law making group of Great Britain
What is Parliament?
This law taxed printed materials
What is the Stamp Act?
He was the leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
This was the last major battle of the American Revolution
What was Yorktown?
The location where the Continental army spent a miserable winter in 1777-1778
What is Valley Forge?
a refusal to buy goods
What is boycott?
Identify the two things that weren't taxed under the Stamp Act - tea, newspapers, diplomas, paint, playing cards, and legal documents
What is tea and paint?
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
One of these two countries became allies with the Untied States after the Battle of Saratoga
What were France and/or Spain?
Signing the Declaration of Independence would have made the signers __________ if Britain had won the war
What are traitors?
to cancel
What is repeal?
The name of the two groups that formed to fight British taxes
What are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
He was the founder of the Sons of Liberty
Who was Samuel Adams?
What is the Battle of Trenton?
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was located along the __________
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
laws passed to punish the people of Boston
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The actions many women in the colonies took in response to the boycott of British goods
What are wove cloth and made tea?
He was the first and largest signer of the Declaration of Independence
Who was John Hancock?
It was during this battle that the famous phrase, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes," was spoken
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Describe the strategy the French and Americans used to defeat the British at Yorktown
What is surround them on land and water to cut off supplies and prevent an escape?
What is mercenary?
The life size puppets that were sometimes hung or burned by the Sons of Liberty
What are effigies?
Name one of the three British generals who were supposed to lead their armies to Albany, New York before the Battles of Saratoga.
Who were Generals St. Leger, Howe, and Burgoyne?
At this battle, the "shot heard round the world" was heard
What is the Battles of Lexington?
The location of the Battle of Bunker Hill
What was Breed's Hill?