Important People
What revolutionary war hero was considered a traitor?
Who was Benedict Arnold
This battle was the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
The tax act on paper products such as newspapers, decks of cards and certificates.
What is the Stamp Tax Act
Known as the writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The colonists objected the Stamp Act of 1765 mostly because
What is, it was taxation without representation? The colonists had no voice in the decision to create the tax.
Who was the Commander in Chief and General of the Continental Army, and later became the first president?
Who is George Washington?
A battle that was the turning point in the war because the British surrendered. This gave the colonists the hope that they could win the war.
What is the Battle at Saratoga?
The statement that represents colonists opposition to the British Stamp Tax act of 1765.
What is taxation without representation?
Known as the three natural rights for people listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
King George stated that we could only buy tea from this company
What is the East India Tea Company?
Was known as the founding father of the Declaration of Independence, and a skilled writer.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
At this battle the French and American armies forced the British to surrender and the Revolutionary War officially ended.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The event where innocent, unarmed colonists were massacared in Boston.
The Preamble to Declaration of Independence declared
What is the Boston Massacre?
Was the King of Great Britain and tried to rule the colonies from his throne, also treated the colonists very unfairly.
Who is King George III?
Victories in these battles gave American soldiers the confidence they could win the war despite being outnumbered by the British. They also used the geography around them to help win this battle.
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
The tax on Tea and the demand to purchase only tea from the East India Company caused what event?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Declaration of Independence believes that people should form a new government when
What is the government takes away their natural rights? (the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness)
These men and women helped create boycotts and protests against King Georges unfair policies.
Who are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
Known for being a member of the Sons of Liberty, a silversmith and delivering the message by horseback that the British were coming to the people of Boston.
Who is Paul Revere?
We won this battle by using the woods around us to help defeat the British.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Why did the King impose all of the taxes on the colonists?
What is to repay Great Britain for the French and Indian War.
What do the natural rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have in common?
What is they are all something that people are born with?
What is unfair treatment?
Colonists could only trade with Britain.
The colonists could NOT make their own rules.
No representation in British Parliament.
They continued to raise taxes on the colonists.