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America Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Someone's point of view of an event | Bias |
| Who Fought in the French and Indian War | Great Britain against the French |
| What was a result of the Americans winning Saratoga | French enters war on American side |
| Benjamin Franklin's plan to organize and untie colonies during the French and Indian War | Albany Plan of Union |
| What are 3 unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence | Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness |
| Jamestown, Virginia Settled | 1607 |
| Commander in Chief of the Continental Army | George Washington |
| Peace Treaty that ended French and Indian War | Treaty of Paris, 1763 |
| English King during the American Revolution | King George III |
| Conflict over who rules the Ohio River Valley | French and Indian War |
| Supported the Colonies | Patriot |
| Supported the King | Loyalists |
| Last attempt at peace with King George | Olive Branch Petition |
| Convinced France to join the Americans in the American Revolution | Benjamin Franklin |
| "Shot heard around the world" | Lexington/Concord |
| Colonists Response to Tea Act | Boston Tea Party |
| Colonists' name for the Coercive Acts | Intolerable Acts |
| First major battle of American Revolution | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| Declaration of Independence signed | 1776 |
| Turning point battle of American Revolution | Battle of Saratoga |
| Peace treaty that ended the American Revolution | Treaty of Paris, 1783 |
| Document informing the world of American Liberty | Declaration of Independence |
| Colonists were forbidden to settle west of an imaginary line along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Redcoats shot 5 Boston citizens | Boston Massacre |
| Examples of English Taxation | Sugar Act, Tea Act, Stamp Act, etc. |
| "No Taxation without Representation" | American Revolution |
| Founder of the "Sons of Liberty" | Samuel Adams |
| Tobacco, Rum, Molasses, Slaves | Products of the Triangles Trade |
| Rights that no man can take away | Unalienable Rights |
| Author of Common Sense and The Crisis | Thomas Paine |
| British response to the Boston Tea Party | Coercive Acts |
| Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Cornwallis and British surrender at | Yorktown |