What act put a tax on paper goods requiring payment for an official stamp?
Stamp Act
Tensions between colonist and British troops exploded during a protest turned violent, what is this event called?
Boston Massacre
What law gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of a popular hot drink?
Tea Act
How did colonist protest against the British East India Company and their monopoly on tea?
Boston Tea Party
Frustration with the British government was increasing daily, colonial leaders gathered to discuss and debate their next steps at what meeting?
First Continental Congress
Who are the patriots?
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
Who were the minutemen?
Patriot soldiers who could be ready for battle in a minutes notice
Who are the redcoats?
British soldiers
The “shot heard round the world” kicks off the American Revolutionary War during what battle(s)?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
During this meeting, the Continental Army is formed under the direction of General George Washington.
Second Continental Congress
At this battle although the colonists lost, they proved that they would be a much tougher opponent than the British had anticipated.
Battle of Bunker Hill
This document formally announced the colonies’ break from Great Britain.
Declaration of Independence
What day did the Second Continental Congress approve the Declaration of Independence?
July 4, 1776
Who were considered loyalists?
colonists who supported Britain
This is the last major battle of the war
Battle of Yorktown
It took more than two years to reach a peace agreement between the new United States and Britain, what is the name of that peace agreement??
Treaty of Paris
