French Get Wrecked
This amount of colonies were created by Great Britain (England at the time)
What is 13
1765 This act forced colonists to house British soldiers for free
What is the Quartering Act
1770 This event led to 5 colonists being killed in Boston, leading to mass protests and prompting the lawyer John Adams to represent the soldiers in court.
What was the Boston Massacre
This guy wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This country came to directly help the colonists (now called Americans) fight the British King in our war for independence by sending soldiers, generals, ships, resources, and money.
What was France
A war broke out between Great Britain (with her colonies) vs the the French, most Native Americans, and this empire.
What are the Spanish/Spain
1765 This act forced a tax on official documents and items by requiring a _____ on them, which cost money
What is the Stamp Act
1773 This event was a crazy protest in Boston over the Tea Act, where many Sons of Liberty members dressed as Native Americans dumped over a million dollars' worth of tea into the harbor
What was the Boston Tea Party
In the Declaration, Jefferson states that all humans are born with 3 unalienable rights, being life, _____, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What is liberty
This guy was chosen to be the Commander-in-Chief of the newly created Continental Army
Who was George Washington
When the British won the war, King George III made the Proclamation of 1763 to prevent conflict between the British colonists and Native Americans by preventing colonists from going west of this natural barrier
What are the Appalachian Mountains
1774 This act was made as a result of a major thirsty protest, and was created to punish Boston, Massachusetts, and scare the rest of the colonies
What are the Intolerable Acts
1774 This group was created to try to find a way to end the acts made to punish Massachusetts. This group agreed to boycott British goods, create militias, and defend one another in case of attack.
What was the First Continental Congress
In the declaration, Jefferson accuses King George III of ruling with this type of behavior
This group of colonists fought for the side of the British King
Who were the Loyalists
This young colonial British officer accidentally started the French and Indian War by travelling to the Ohio River Valley
Who is George Washington
1767 This act placed a tax on many random items, like paper, tea, lead, and paint.
What are the Townshend Acts
1775 This event is considered the first battle of the American Revolutionary War
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord
In the Declaration, Jefferson states that government is given power by the consent (permission) of the governed (people). This concept is now called:
This is called Popular Sovereignty
This battle is considered a turning point in the American Revolutionary War because it was a major victory for the Americans and convinced other countries to come and help us fight
What was the Battle of Saratoga
When the French lost the French and Indian War, they were forced to give up all their North American land to Great Britain. The name of that land was called New France, but it also had another name
What is Louisiana
This Revolutionary leader loved beer. He also created our first major protest group, led a major protest in 1773, and signed the Declaration of Independence years later. His cousin is also pretty famous.
Who is Samuel Adams
In 1775, in an effort to prevent further bloodshed after the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Second Continental Congress created this paper and sent it to the King, asking for peace. In response, the King rejects it and declares all those in Congress traitors, committing treason.
What was the Olive Branch Petition
In the Declaration, Jefferson states that if a government attacks your unalienable rights and rules without the permission of the people, then the people should do this (2 things):
The people should alter it, or abolish/destroy it AND create a new government
The Treaty of Paris led to peace between Great Britain and the newly-created United States of America, giving us all western land up to this natural barrier:
What was the Mississippi River