American Revolution

Wrote COMMON SENSE which furthered the revolutionary spirit of Americans

Refers to a group of men acting as soldiers when the need arrived

A secret society of colonial women who supported the revolution in a variety of ways

Men dressed like Native Americans participated in the anti-tax event

The rising up of a nation's people to seek improvement in government and society is a

Term refers to an organized social order

Term refers to the refusal to patronize a business as a protest

He wrote the Declaration of Independence, a document like no other of the time

Said "Give me liberty or give me death" as freedom was discussed

Selected to write the document that severed out ties with Britain

Leader of the Sons of Liberty

This term refers to the movement of people from one country to another

An American colonist who support the British during the Revolution

Those things that you hold dear and morally correct

Military leader of all British soldiers in the Revolution

The dumping of tea in Boston Harbor, no taxes paid here!

A tax of that which made life so sweet, not to mention the tea. Caused a ruckus!

Required all legal papers, documents, even cards to be taxed 

This law required citizens to house and feed soldiers

Document that forbade settlers from crossing the NC mountains into Tennessee

Term that refers to materials used in manufacture or create something

Chosen to lead the Continental Army by colonists

This term refers to a very large farm with numerous workers/slaves

This wintering over during the Revolution nearly killed our army

Signed name with LARGE writing so blind-ish king could read it! Yeah I signed it! Oops treason!

Snowballs, rocks, sticks aimed at British soldiers led to what Revere called ...

The battle was the turning point of the war winning America foreign assistance!

Father of the American Revolution since his writings spurred Americans to revolt

The final large battle of the Revolution made easy by Greene's NC Guilford Courthouse fight

A British colonist who wished the colony to be free from Britain

That which we believe to be true

Was an inventor, ambassador to France, signer of Declaration of Independence

A man selected by the king to govern a colony

Refers to a governmental body's money making ability and finances

King of Britain who lost the American colonies in the Revolution

He and 2 other Minute men rode to alert citizens the British were on the move

The area around a person or thing in which it lives

Refers to total rule, dictatorship

A group of men who secretly worked to free America from Britain

This term refers to the levels of society: wealthy to poor

This British law closed the NY/colonial assembly NY would not house soldiers in homes

First "battles" of Revolution