Important People
Wrote Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
The first battles of the soon to be war started at which two locations
What are Lexington and Concord
Law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar
What is the Sugar Act?
Leader of the Continental Army
Who is Geoge Washington?
Samuel Adams was the founder of this secret society which was responsible for the Boston Tea Party
What is the Sons of Liberty?
Wrote the majority of the Declaration of Indpendence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Charles Cornwallis surrendered during this last battle of the war
What is Battle of Yorktown?
Law that taxed printed goods including playing cards and newspapers
What is the Stamp Act?
Place where Washington's army spend the winter of 1777-1778, a fourth of the troops died here from disease and malnutrition
What is Valley Forge?
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
Who are Loyalists?
Said "Give me Liberty or give me death"
Who is Patrick Henry
This was a turning point in the war when the French started to give their support to the colonists
What is the Battle of Saratogo?
An Act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists
What is the Quartering Act?
Agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent country
What is the Treaty of Paris?
President of the Second Continental Congress
Who is John Hancock?
Patriot who helped warn colonists about British movement in his midnight ride
Who is Paul Revere?
First major battle of the Revolutionary War
What is Battle of Bunker Hill?
Series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party
What is Intolerable Acts?
This forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains and required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Inalienable rights as stated in the Declaration of Independence
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Former slave killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attuks?
Not necessarily a battle but an incident in which British soldiers killed 5 colonists
What is the Boston Massacre?
Laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paint, lead, and tea
What is Townshend Acts?
This phrase reflected the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had no direct representatives in Parliament
What is No taxation without representation?
American colonists who were determined to fignt the British until American independence was won
Who are Patriots?