U.S. History: Module 3 - The American Revolution

Which group was under the most threat from American expansion onto their lands after the war?

The  tool of protest against the taxes utilized most often by the colonists was

New York battle that many historians consider THE turning point in the Revolutionary War

Patriot who made the engraving illustrating the events of the Boston Massacre

Which of the following is true regarding the land cessions granted in the Treaty of Paris?

The battle that ended the war was fought at _____________ in October of _______

Founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty

Americans protested the new British taxes of the 18th century because

Washington’s troops spent the winter of 1777 at Valley Forge outside the city of

The British asserted their authority over colonists after the repeal of the Stamp Act with passage of

Jay,Adams, and Franklin negotiated this treaty which ended the war

After suffering defeat in New York, the British shifted their focus of their fighting to 

Author of Common Sense who argued that Americans should fight for their independence

The Boston Tea Party resulted in the passage of the

The British began levying taxes on the colonists in the second half of the 18th century because

Victories in these two battles in New Jersey in December of 1776 gave the Americans renewed hope

Women served in the Revolutionary War as

After the Revolutionary War, most African Americans

In 1778, the Americans signed a treaty of alliance with

Those who feared the Americans were not capable of winning the war and did not support it were 

The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at

American who wrote the Declaration of Independence

Virginian who was chosen to lead the Continental army at the Second Continental Congress

At the end of the war, many Loyalists 

1st major battle of the war where the British suffered a high number of casualties