The American Revolution

How many states votes were needed to amend the Articles of Confederation?

Britain hired mercenary soldiers from Germany called what? 

What was sent to the King of England to attempt peace between Britain and the Colonies? 

What is the name for those in America that supported the British? 

What act was passed in response to tea being dumped into Boston Harbor?

What event ended in the death of Crispus Attucks and 4 other colonists?

What group was formed to resist taxes imposed by the British?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

In what event did colonists dress up as natives and dump 15,000 pounds of tea in Boston Harbor?

What was the name given to soldiers who assembled at a moments notice?

What was the deadliest battle of the Revolutionary War?

Parliament repealed most of the Townshend Acts except the tax on what? 

Enlightenment thinker John Locke said that all people have the natural rights of what?

After the Revolutionary War, how far does United States land extend to the west? 

What is the name of John Hancock's ship?

The British captured what American city early in the war?

What 3 American delegates attended the Treaty of Paris negotiation in 1783

What was in Concord, MA, that General Gage and the British wished to capture? 

This young French Aristocrat assisted Washington and the Continental Army in the war? 

What act cut taxes on foreign molasses and taxed items never before taxed?

Which three men rode to Concord to warn the British Regulars were coming?

What was the biggest reason the colonists were upset about paying taxes to the British? 

The shot fired on the Lexington green became known as:

What Act taxed paper goods such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards?

Congress created the Continental Army and placed who in charge?

General Washington defeated Hessian soldiers in a surprise attack at what battle?

After the British defeat at Saratoga what nation formed an alliance with the United States?

What river did Washington lead his men across on Christmas night in 1776?

What act taxed imports and imposed a 3 penny tax on tea?

What British General led his troops to the Yorktown Peninsula?

Where did the final surrender of British forces take place?

What British general surrendered at the Battle of Saratoga?

Who was know for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence?

What was passed to create between 3­ to 5 new territories around the Ohio RiverValley? 

How did the American militia attack the British at Concord?

What was the name of the Prussian Captain and Drillmaster that trained the Continental Army?

What happened on Lexington Green? 

Who wrote the pamphlet called Common Sense?