The American Revolution Flashcards
A disagreement between the British and French over land along the Ohio River
French and Indian War
The British defeated the ____ and gained new land
French
Who rode through Massachusetts towns warning people that the British army was marching to Concord?
Paul Revere
People who boycotted British goods
Sons of Liberty
African American man killed in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
How did the American Revolution end?
British surrender at Yorktown
Stopped British tea from being delivered
The Boston Tea Party
Laws that took away Massachusett’s self-government appointed a military governor for the colony, and required colonists to house British soldiers were part of the _____ ____
Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress issued a _______ __ ______ to the British government, stating that the colonists were entitled to the rights of Englishmen
Declaration of Rights
The first shot of the American Revolution “the shot heard round the world” was fired at which battle?
Battle of Lexington
The Continental Army lost almost half its men during the winter it spent camped at Valley ____
Forge
____ ____ convinced many of its readers that America should break away from England
Common Sense
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Woman who dressed in men’s clothing and joined the Continental Army was
Deborah Sampson
Where did Washington win his first great victory?
Trenton
A great hero of the American Navy
John Paul Jones
Who helped the American soldiers at Valley Forge?
Baron von Steuben
idea that American colonists did not have a say in the English Parliament, which enacted taxes without their consent
Taxation without Representation
In short supply; not having enough
Scarce
A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country
Mercenary
A large amount of something being stored for future use
stockpile
Disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy
Treason
Breaking the rules on purpose
Defiant
A person who supported the cause of the colonists during the American Revolution
Patriot
