People
This man founded the Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams?
Battle where the British marched to seize weapons and where ambushed.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This act put a tax on Tea
What is the Tea Act?
Battles early on that showed the American army could win the war.
What are the battles of Trenton and Princeton?
Author of Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This Act made colonist buy a Stamp for any paper use
What is the Stamp Act?
George Washington's army made their winter camp here
Valley Forge
5 colonists are killed and the event is widely used as propaganda
What is the Boston Massacre?
This man appointed George Washington to lead the continental army.
Who is John Adams?
Battle that ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Closed Boston Harbor, Put Boston under Martial Law and allowed soldiers to live in houses and empty buildings.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
British Victory that would prove to be costly in North Carolina
What is the Battle of Guildford Court House?
This man defended the British soldiers at thier trail after the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams?
British General who lost at the Battle of Saratoga.
Who is John Burgoyne?
This general defeated George Washington in Philadelphia
Who is general William Howe?
This act put a tax on any items being imported to the colonies
What are the Townsend Acts?
Battle early on in the War that showed the British defeting the colonist would not be easy
What is the battle of Bunker Hill?
Who are Marquis de Lafayette and Friedrich von Steuben?
John Adams, Ben Franklin and this man negotiated the treaty of Paris.
Who is John Jay
American Victory that would anger Cornwallis and make him make a costly mistake
What is the Battle at Cowpens?
This general was given control of the British armies down South
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
Washington drives the British out of Boston on March 17 1776
What is Evacuation Day?
Confirms U.S. independence; sets boundaries of new nation (doubles the size of the new country)
What is the treaty of Paris?