American Revolution Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The Pennsylvania camp where George Washington's troops struggles to survive the winter of 1777-1778 | Valley Forge |
1775 meeting of colonial leaders to direct the Revolution and approve the Declaration of Independence | Second Continental Congress |
The document that formally justified and declared the colonies' independence from Britain in 1776 | The Declaration of Independence |
An African-American Patriot who was the first victim of the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
Term for rising prices and declining purchasing power; it made life in wartime difficult | inflation |
Commander of the Rebel Army | General George Washington |
British attack on a mob in MA in 1770 that increased tensions with the colonists | Boston Massacre |
Virginia lawyer and author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
Number of men that died in the Revolutionary War | 25,000 + |
Laws that punished the colonies for the Boston Tea Party and limited colonists' rights | Intolerable Acts |
Thomas Paine's pamphlet which inflamed the colonists' desire for independence from Britain | Common Sence |
Groups set up by American colonists to exchange information about British threats to their liberty | Committees of Correspondence |
The Battle at which the British surrendered to the Americans in 1781 | Yorktown |
Colonists who opposed independence and remained loyal to the British government during the American Revolution | Loyalists |
Started the Committee of Correspondence, the Sons of Liberty, and helped organize the Boston Tea Party. | Samuel Adams |
King of England during the Boston Tea Party and the Declaration of Independence | George III |
The dishonorable practice of selling goods in short supply at inflated prices during wartime | Profiteering |
Culper's gang was a group of ____________. | spies |
British tax on colonial documents; later repealed by British due to colonists' organized resistance. | Stamp Act |
The French aristocrat and military leader who offered key assistance to the Patriots | Marquis de Lafayette |
Two countries that aided the Colonists with ships and guns | France and Spain |
Key American victory in 1777 that helped sway France to support the Revolution | Saratoga |
Colonists who supported the war for independence from Britain | Patriots |
Deadly disease at this time | Small pox |
An offer of peace extended to Britain in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress | Olive Branch Petition |
Helped the patriots by teaching them proper hygiene, discipline and order | Baron Fredrick von Stueben |
A tactic the British thought was appalling | targeting the officers |
The Revolutionary War was from | 4/19/1775 - 9/3/1783 |
He wrote a recipe for vanilla ice cream | Thomas Jefferson |
"We must all hang together,or assuredly we shall all hang separately." | Benjamin Franklin |
"Give me liberty, or give me death." | Patrick Henrey |
Author of the pamphlet, Common Sense | Thomas Paine |
Ruled by a king | Monarchy |
Most remember him as the general who lost the deciding battle of the Revolutionary War at Yorktown | Charles Cornwallis |
These were 7 of the Founding Fathers | George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, & Benjamin Franklin |
What 3 countries were the first to colonize what became North America? | Britain, France, and Spain |
Who won the 7 Years War? | Britain |
The 7 Years War is also know as _______________. | The French and Indian War |
What problem did Britain face after the 7 Years War? | Debt |
The first tax Britain placed on the colonies was called the _______________ Act | Stamp |
The main way that the colonists protested Britain's control over them was through _____________________. | boycotts |
What event took place on Dec. 6, 1773 | Boston Tea Party |
What was the date of the Boston Massacre? | March 5, 1770 |
What was the title of the picture made of the Boston Massacre? | Bloody Massacre |
Who created the picture called The Bloody Massacre? | Paul Revere |
What was the name of the Act the King implemented in response to the Boston Tea Party? | The Intolerable Acts |
What year was the First Continental Congress meeting? | 1774 |
Where was the First Continental Congress meeting held? | Philadelphia |
Who was the British general in MA that ordered the disarmament of the colonists? | Thomas Gage |
Who helped organize the Boston Tea Party? | Samuel Adams |
Who dressed up as Native Americans and carried out the dumping of the tea into the Boston Harbor? | The Sons of Liberty |
Who helped organize the Sons of Liberty? | Samuel Adams |
Who was the richest man in Boston during the Revolutionary period? | John Hancock |
Who became the general of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
When was the Declaration of Independence ratified? | July 4, 1776 |
Where did more Americans die during the American Revolution that did in battle? | British prison ships |
When was the American flag adopted? | June 1777 |
What commander got frustrated with the war efforts and defected to the British? | Benedict Arnold |
What is the name of the treaty that ends the American Revolutionary War? | The Treaty of Paris |
What year was the constitution of the United States written? | 1787 |
What year did George Washington become president? | 1789 |
Where did George Washington put the nation's capitial? | Washington DC |
Where were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War? | Lexington and Concord |
The person General Washington turned to for help with the rebel army. | Von Steuben |
How many POW's died in the prison ships? | 3000 |
How much of New York was destroyed by fire? | 1/4 |
What percentage of New York stayed loyal to the crown? | 20% |
How many patriots rode with Paul Revere on his famous Midnight Ride? | 40+ |
Who were two of the man that rode with Paul Revere to alert the militia that the British were coming? | Samuel Prescott and William Dawes |
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