The Battles of Lexington and __________ were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Concord
Town in Virginia where British General Cornwallis formally surrendered on October 19, 1781
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Yorktown
Who was the infamous traitor who attempted to surrender a fort in exchange for money and a position in the British Army
Benedict Arnold
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
French military officer who led troops in the Battle of Yorktown
George Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Benedict Arnold
King of Great Britain during the American Revolution
King George III
The treaty that formally recognized the United States as a free and independent nation
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of London
Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea into Boston's harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
Boston Massacre
Famous midnight rider to warn colonist the British were coming
Paul Revere
How did women help during the Revolutionary War?
secret soldiers, nurses, camp followers
The violent clash between British troops and a Boston mob occurred on March 5, 1770.
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
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.
Second Continental Congress
First Continental Congree
Who did the colonists fight against during the American Revolution?
British
These acts required colonists to buy items legally from Britain (example: paper, tea, glass, and lead).
Tea Act
Boston Massacre
Townshend Acts
What was the first tax that the British Parliament imposed on the colonist after the French and Indian War? Hint: It taxed sweet things like molassas.
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act
