American Revolution

The provisional peace treaty signed after Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

_______ was a preacher from New England whose sermons led to the Great Awakening.

The War for Independence is also called the _______________.

Nickname for British soldiers because of their red uniform coats

The killing of five men by British soldiers on March 5, 1770.

Three advantages to building a city near a harbor are _____________.

In what year did the Colonists declare independence from Britain?

Who are the Sons of Liberty?

The government of Great Britain

Legislative assembly made up of delegates from the rebel colonies

Colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight the British

Rode on horseback from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn that the Redcoats were coming.

Colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest taxes

Colonists who remained loyal to the King during the American Revolution

Tax that British government placed on newspapers, books and documents sold in the colonies

Wrote the 1860 poem, Paul Revere's Ride.

Civilian soldiers who are trained to fight but are not part of the regular army.

The sixteen-year-old girl who rode her horse further and longer than Paul Revere.

Colonists who fought against British rule.