American Revolution Flashcards
Tensions between the colonists and England arose because the British believed that the colonist should help pay for the ____________________________.
French and Indian War
List 3 reasons why the colonists were getting angry at the British.
- Taxes
- They were forced to quarter the British Troops (called Coersive Acts).
- The British blocked a major trading port.
- No taxation without representation.
The name of Benjamin Franklin’s plan of establishing one general government was called _______________________.
Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union
The name of the political cartoon Benjamin Franklin used to represent the Albany Plan of Union was ______________.
Join, or Die.
Where did colonists decide to boycott tea and throw 300 chests of tea overboard?
Boston Tea Party
The ___________________ signed a petition reminding the king that the colonists has basic rights as British citizens.
First Continental Congress
The first shot fired in the American Revolutionary War was heard at ________________.
Lexington and Concord
_________________ warned the colonists that the British were coming.
Paul Revere
_______________________ was the leader of the Continental Army.
George Washington
What happened when the Liberty Bell rang out in 1776?
The Declaration of Independence had been approved.
The _________ hired the Hessians to help them in battle.
British
The _____________ helped the colonists during the Revolutionary War.
French
The winter of Valley Forge was very difficult for the colonists because….
They did not have adequate clothing, lice infestations, frostbite, smallpox, and typhus.
Who defeated the British and won the Revolutionary War?
Colonists
The war lasted for?
8 Years
