American Revolution Vocabulary

____was a silversmith and Patriot from Boston who announced that the British were coming.

This was an official document issued by the 2nd Continental Congress.

___helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence.

___was a general in the Continental Army who became a traitor to the Americans in the war.

What was the name of the law passed requiring colonists to pay a tax on paper goods?

____was the author of the Declaration of Independence.

This was the war between Great Britain and its 13 colonies.

___was a protest in the Boston Harbor in which colonists protested taxes.

This battle took place in upstate NY and was the turning point of the war.

This was the site of the first battle of the American Revolution.

This was a town in SE Virginia, which was the site of the last major battle of the Am. Rev.

This was the slogan of the colonists that led to the Am. Revolution to protest taxation.

This was the 2nd place the British marched to battle in the American Revolution.

___encouraged colonists to fight for their independence from Britain.

___ was a lawyer who was a leader of the Patriots & became a member of the Continental Congress

____led the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

What event took place when 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers

____was the King of England during the American Revolution.

This was an event between Great Britain and France over land in the Ohio River Valley.