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Revolutionary War

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  • Who wrote "Common Sense?"
    Thomas Paine
  • Why was Marquis de Lafayette important?
    Helped get French reinforcements
  • The Sons of Liberty formed in response to what?
    The Stamp Act
  • What did the Continental Army lack during the war
    food and amunition
  • When did fighting start in the Revolutionary War?
    Battle of Lexington and Concord
  • What was a direct result of the Intolerable Acts?
    Meeting of First Continental Congress
  • Where was the continental army's first victory?
    Trenton, New Jersey
  • Who helped found the Sons of Liberty?
    Samuel Adams
  • What was the low point of the Revolutionary War?
    Winter at Valley Forge
  • What country supported the colonists in the war?
    France
  • What event does "a glorious day for America" refer to?
    Lexington and Concord
  • What did the Treaty of Paris do?
    Confirmed American independence
  • How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?
    First Continental Congress
  • What was the Boston Massacre a response to?
    Stationing British soldiers in Boston
  • What document helped the public support independence?
    Common Sense
  • Whose ideas did Jefferson use to write the Declaration of Independence?
    John Locke
  • In what incident did Crispus Attucks play a role?
    Boston Massacre
  • What percentage of the population was Patriots?
    Half/50%
  • What did the Townshend Acts do?
    Indirect taxes on imported goods