Midterm Questions Matching - American Revolution and Revolutionary War

The meeting called after Lexington&Concord where the Declaration of Independence was drafted.

The meeting in 1787 in Philly to revise the Articles of Confederation.

Location where the Colonial Army was forced to set up camp during the winter of 1777.

Colonists raided 3 British ships in Boston & dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor.

British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd killing five colonists

Colonists who were tired of British rule/ control and wished to have total independence

The final defeat of the British troops which effectively ended the American Revolutionary War.

British tax that required colonists to pay for a stamp on all printed goods

The first battle of the American Revolutionary War known as the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”

The last attempt to make peace with Great Britain, but it was rejected by King George

The famous pamphlet by Thomas Paine urged colonists to sever ties with Great Britain.

Colonists used a style of hit-and-run tactics to defeat Britain during the Revolutionary War

Information used to promote particular points of view, especially of a biased/misleading nature

Turning point of the Revolutionary War b/c it convinced the French support the colonists

American colonists who were against the Revolution. They wanted to fix the relationship with GB

This took place in Warwick, WI in May 1772 & is one of the first acts of defying the British

The document signed on July 4, 1776 which asserted the freedom of the 13 Colonies from Britain

In 1763, it ended the French and Indian War. In 1783, it ended the American Revolutionary War.

The first formal constitution of the United States written in 1777.

British law banning colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.