Vocabulary
Someone who supported independence from Great Britain was known as a...
Patriot
What act placed a tax on all paper goods, also led the colonist to create the term "No taxation without representation"
Stamp Act
Who was commander in chief of the Continental Army?
What event or location was significant where George Washington's troops endured a harsh winter and lacked supplies?
Valley Forge
What French general was known for his contribution to the continental army alongside George Washington?
Marquis de Lafayette
The colonies providing raw materials for England, and only England in an unfair exchange of goods to better help Great Britain's economy is known as...
Mercantilism
Which of the following acts were taxes placed on the colonies: Stamp act, Quartering act, Sugar act, Intolerable acts
Stamp act and sugar act
Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
What agreement officially ends the war and states that America is independent?
Treaty of Paris, 1783
What are the 3 Unalienable Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Unalienable Rights
"No taxation without representation" means the colonist were upset about the lack of what?
Representation in Parliament or government
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What American Victory was a turning point for the war?
Battle of Saratoga
The era of the 13 colonies fighting for independence from Great Britain is known as the...
American Revolution
The Boston Tea Party was an example of people disobeying laws or protesting in a non-violent manner known as...
Civil Disobedience
What law was passed after the French and Indian war restricting colonists to settle west? and how did the colonists feel about it?
Proclamation line of 1763, colonists were furious they could not settle on land they had just fought a for.
Known as the Father of the United States Navy
John Paul Jones
The revolution officially began with this conflict/battle in Massachusetts...
Lexington and Concord
What two major points were established in the Treaty of Paris 1783?
America was independent and the new U.S. western border was the Mississippi River
Ben Franklin opened libraries of work which supported independence and encouraged governments to be about civic virtue or the public good, who does this benefit?
The people
What document lists colonial grievances against the King?
The Declaration of Independence
Who helped to negotiate the Treaty of Paris, 1783?
Benjamin Franklin
An American victory was secured at this last battle of the revolutionary war...
Battle of Yorktown
What is significant about the year 1776?
The Declaration of Independence was written