The American Revolution

Great Britain passed ______ to keep an army in North America.

German soldiers who were hired by the British to fight the Patriots

General Washington and the Continental army suffered through a harsh winter in Pennsylvania

Americans who remained loyal to Britain were

The Quartering Act required colonists to house ____________________.

Local Boston Patriot who strongly protested taxation without representation

This Act closed the Boston Harbor, cancelled the Massachusetts charter, and installed a new governor.

Colonial military force that was created to fight the British Redcoats

At _________, British were able to force the colonists to retreat because they ran out of ammo.

The reason why Continental army started recruiting free African Americans

The "shots heard round the world" were fired at

During the Boston Massacre ______________ was the only African American casualty.

The Declaration was written mainly by

The goal of ____________________ was to ask the king to correct the issues with the colonies.

The last major battle of the American Revolution saw Cornwallis surrender to George Washington.

The most important naval hero in the Continental navy was

In January of 1776, ___________________ published Common Sense.

Colonists _________, or refused to purchase or support, British goods to financially hurt them.

Turning point in the American Revolution where the British surrendered to General Horatio Gates.

Abigail Adams asked her husband to include the rights of ________ in the Declaration.

Colonists who fought for independence referred to themselves as

The _____________________ petition was sent to the king as a final resolution.

Signed in 1783, Great Britain was forced to recognized independence.

Frenchman who supplied the Patriots with his own ship and an assortment of volunteers to help them win the war.

340 tea barrels were tossed in the harbor. It became known as ____________________.

_____________________ was named as commander of the first Continental Army.