American Revolution

Where were the Sons of Liberty founded?

This document officially ended the war.

Event where violence erupted when a protesting mob harassed Redcoats in Boston resulting in the deaths of 5 colonists.

Who was selected by the 2nd Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army?

Because of the Stamp Act, what had to carry a stamp?

What date did the U.S. declare its Independence?

Where did the British finally surrender, ending the American Revolutionary War?

What is a name for a tax on imported goods?

Continental Army general who defected (switched sides) to the British Army.

In what city did the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress's meet?

What was the country that allied with the U.S. to help us win the Revolutionary War?

Where was the "Shot Heard Around the World" fired?

Whose name is largest on the Declaration of Independence?

The Constitutional Convention began as

What battle was George Washington headed to when he famously crossed the Delaware River?

What were Patriot soldiers who could assemble quickly called?

Britain taxed the American colonies because they'd become financially broke from which war?

The U.S. Constitution created a federal system in which the national government and the state governments shared power.

By approving the Declaration of Independence, a whole people had officially declared their right to

Why did many European intellectuals admire the American Revolution, its Constitution, and Bill of Rights?

What was the name of the treaty that brought France into the war?

Event where the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.

Great Britain increased taxes on its American colonies to pay for wars against France.

Why did France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic help the American colonists win their independence from Great Britain?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Who was the King of Britain at the time of the American Revolution?

This was the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that declared the colonies should be independent from Britain.

Where were the Hessian mercenaries from?