American Revolution

No representation in Parliament, opposed taxes and strict control over legislature led to...

Who wrote of the Declaration of Independence?

This banned colonists from moving West.

This man was a champion for American Independence and one of the founding fathers of America.

Which document explained the reasons that led to the Revolutionary War?

This person was a poet, an enslaved African American who eventually earned her freedom.

This was the first armed conflict in the Revolutionary War.

What was the turning point in the American Revolution?

This was where Cornwallis and his troops surrendered.

Five soldiers were killed but no one knows who fired the first shots. What was this event?

This man invented the lightning rod and gained French support for the American Revolution.

This general surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown.

Virginians who didn’t want independence from Great Britain or agree with King George III

What ended the American Revolution?

What was the first battle of the American Revolution in Virginia?

This person rode through Boston yelling "The British are coming, The British are coming!"

The British Parliament believed that--

Colonists dressed up as Indians and threw 342 pounds of tea in the Boston Harbor. What was it?

Strong leadership, support from France, and defense of land, principals and beliefs....

Who is quoted with saying, "Give me liberty or give me death"?