The violent clash between British troops and a Boston mob occurred on March 5, 1770.
Boston Massacre
Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea into Boston's harbor.
Boston Tea Party
How did the colonists start the French and Indian War?
They crossed the mountains into French territory to gain more land.
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
How did women or non-whites help during the Revolutionary War?
Possible Answers: Women dressed up as men or participated in no-fighting roles (nurses). Non-whites enlisted, Crispus Attucks potentially started the massacre
The Battles of Lexington and __________ were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Concord
French military officer who led troops in the Battle of Yorktown
Marquis de Lafayette
Town in Virginia where British General Cornwallis formally surrendered on October 19, 1781
Yorktown
Group of delegates that met in Philadelphia in 1774 to protest the Intolerable Acts. The Congress urged a boycott of British imports and create militias for each colony.
First Continental Congree
a statement made by the King stating the colonist could not move west of the Appalachians
Proclamation of 1763
These acts required colonists to buy items legally from Britain (example: paper, tea, glass, and lead).
Townshend Acts
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
Which Continental Congress wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Second
What two groups did the colonist fight against?
French and Native Americans
The Proclamation of 1763 forbid the colonists from doing something. What was it?
Crossing the mountains to expand their lands
King of Great Britain during the American Revolution
King George III
Famous midnight rider to warn colonist the British were coming
Paul Revere
How many people worked on writing the Declaration of Independence?
5
Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
What was the first tax that the British Parliament imposed on the colonist after the French and Indian War?
Sugar Act
The treaty that formally recognized the United States as a free and independent nation
Treaty of Paris
Whose famous quote is "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
What is considered to be the first battle of the war?
Lexington and Concord
Who was the infamous traitor who attempted to surrender a fort in exchange for money and a position in the British Army
Benedict Arnold