American Revolution

Who did the colonists fight against during the American Revolution?

The Battles of Lexington and __________ were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

How did women help during the Revolutionary War?

King of Great Britain during the American Revolution

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.

French military officer who led troops in the Battle of Yorktown

The treaty that formally recognized the United States as a free and independent nation

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Which Continental Congress wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

What is considered to be the first battle of the war?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

The violent clash between British troops and a Boston mob occurred on March 5, 1770.

Famous midnight rider to warn colonist the British were coming

Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence?

Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea into Boston's harbor.

Who was the infamous traitor who attempted to surrender a fort in exchange for money and a position in the British Army

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.

These acts required colonists to buy items legally from Britain (example: paper, tea, glass, and lead).

Town in Virginia where British General Cornwallis formally surrendered on October 19, 1781