Causes of the American Revolution
In 1765, this was the first act of the the British Parliament created. It taxed all paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
This is where the Sons of Liberty dressed up like Native Americans and dumped crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This person created the Albany Plan and the "Join or Die" political cartoon.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This person wrote Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
This is the name of the team Ms. Christensen cheers for in the NFL.
Who the Green Bay Packers?
This impacted the colonies by increasing tensions with Great Britain because colonists were not allowed to settle west of the line
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
This was the first conflict of the war where colonial minutemen hid behind stone walls and in trees, firing on British soldiers and forcing them to retreat to Boston.
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
During the American Revolution, these people opposed independence.
Who are Loyalists?
Colonists beginning to see themselves as a group of colonies separate from Great Britain was the result of this political cartoon.
What is the "Join or Die" political cartoon?
Including this year, Ms. Christensen has worked at CCSE for this many years.
What is 3 years?
This act was created between the Boston Tea Party and the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
What was the Coercive/Intolerable Act?
This battle was considered the turning point of the war. It was an impressive colonial victory led by France to enter into a formal alliance with the American colonies.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Who were Patriots?
This is the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
When is 1776?
This is where Ms. Christensen went to get her Master's Degree.
What is the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)?
After the French and Indian War, this is how the Treaty of Paris of 1763 impacted colonial power in North America.
What is Great Britain gaining control of the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys?
This battle was considered the final conflict of the war. It was fought on the border between North Carolina and South Carolina.
What was the Battle of Kings Mountain?
This group of colonists was known to protest and boycott the British taxes. They are most famousl rembered at the people who dumped the tea during the Boston Tea Party in 1773.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Paul Revere's "Bloody Massacre" depicts the colonists' reaction to this act.
What were the Townshend Acts?
This is where Ms. Christensen went to college for her Bachelor's Degree.
What is Carson-Newman University?
The Coercive Acts of 1774 were called this name by the colonists because they didn't like it.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
After these two battles, the British Army was forced to surrender when it was blocked from retreating by the Continental Army and the French Navy.
What were the Battles of Trenton and Princeton?
This person created the engraving of the Boston Massacre entitled the "Bloody Massacre".
Who was Paul Revere?
According to the Declaration of Independence, these three things are inalienable rights.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
This will be Ms. Christensen's new name after she gets married in May.
Who is Mrs. Steele?