American Revolution

Question 1

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 1

Philosopher of the Revolution

Question 2

George Washington

Answer 2

Military genius

Question 3

Thomas Paine

Answer 3

Soilder

Wrote Common Sense

Question 4

Paul Revere

Answer 4

A midnight rider

Drew Boston Massacre illustration

Question 5

Crispus Attuckts

Answer 5

Boston Massacre martyr

African American

Question 6

Charles Cornwallis

Answer 6

British General

Surrendered at Yorktown

Question 7

Patrick Henry

Answer 7

The Orator

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

Question 8

King George lll

Answer 8

King of England

Question 9

Nathan Hale

Answer 9

Patriot spy

Question 10

Benedict Arnold

Answer 10

Traitor in war

Question 11

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 11

Revolutionary diplomat

Question 12

John Paul Jones

Answer 12

Naval hero during the Revolutionary War

Question 13

Bernardo de Galvez

Answer 13

Mexican/Spaniard American

Lead troops though New Orleans

Question 14

James Armistead

Answer 14

African American Revolutionary War hero

Question 15

Wentworth Cheswell

Answer 15

Rode with Paul Revere on the Midnight ride

Question 16

Samuel Adams

Answer 16

Political organizer

Son of Liberty

Question 17

Boston Massacre

Answer 17

Colonists start fight with soilders
5 colonists die
3-5-1770

Question 18

Boston Tea Party

Answer 18

340 crates of BEI dumped into Boston harbor

12-16-1773

Question 19

French and Indian War

Answer 19

French & Indians .vs. British over Ohio valley

Question 20

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 20

Law that bans colonists from going past Appalachian Mountains

Question 21

Representative Government

Answer 21

No representation in government

Question 22

Parts of the Representative Government

Answer 22

Magma Carta 1215
Virginia House of Burgresses 1619
Mayflower Compact 1620
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639
English Bill of Rights 1689

Question 23

Zenger Trial

Answer 23

Freedom of the press

Question 24

Sugar Act

Answer 24

1st tax to raise money

Tax on sugar and molasses

Question 25

Stamp Act

Answer 25

Tax on paper goods & sugar/molasses

Question 26

Townsend Act

Answer 26

Tax on glass, lead, paint, and tea

Question 27

Coercive Acts

Answer 27

Harbors closed Limited mtg. Quartering Act

Question 28

Quartering Act

Answer 28

Forced to let British soilders live in your home

Question 29

Patriots

Answer 29

Want independence

Question 30

Loyalists

Answer 30

Want to stay with Britain

Question 31

First Continental Congress

Answer 31

1774 in Philadelphia | Colony representatives protest

Question 32

Second Continental Congress

Answer 32

May 1775 in Philadelphia | Colony’s representatives vote for independence

Question 33

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Answer 33

Unalienable rights

Question 34

Declaration of Independence

Answer 34

July 4, 1776 | Colonists declare independence

Question 35

Battles of the War

Answer 35

American Revolution | 25 battles

Question 36

Important battles in the American Revolution

Answer 36

``` Lexington & Concord 1775 Winter at Valley Forge Saratoga 1777 Yorktown 1781 Treaty of Paris 1783 ```

Question 37

Lexington & Concord

Answer 37

“Shout heard round the world”

Question 38

Winter at Valley Forge

Answer 38

Lots of illness | Soilders come out great army

Question 39

Saratoga

Answer 39

Turning point in War America gains advantage over Britain The French goin the Colonists

Question 40

Yorktown

Answer 40

Last official battle | General Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington

Question 41

Treaty of Paris

Answer 41

Ended Revolutionary War | British recognized American independence

Question 42

Great Awakening

Answer 42

Religious Movement

Question 43

Sons of Liberty

Answer 43

Colonists who protest for independence from Britain