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Who was Commander and Chief of the Continental Army? George Washington

He wrote the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson

He was a politician, ambassador, inventor of bifocals, and discovered electricity Benjamin Franklin

Created the Committee of Correspondence and was considered to be a Founding Father Samuel Adams

French nobleman who served with Washington. Marquis de Lafayette

Inspirational writer of Common Sense and The Crisis. Thomas Pain

The colonists most effective form of protest; it repealed the Stamp Act boycott

It happened in March 1770 when a protest at a Customs House turned violent. Boston Massacre

Signed by 56 men at the Philadelphia Convention Declaration of Independence

Sons of Liberty did this to protest the Tea Act. Boston Tea Party

This signed document ended the American Revolution. Treaty of Paris 1783

This women's organization was created to protest British taxes. Daughters of Liberty

First battle of the American Revolution Lexington

Patriot’s surprise defeat of the Hessians. Trenton

This battle ended the American Revolution. Yorktown

The shot heard around the world!, and battle at Old North Bridge. Concord

This battle was known as the turning point of the war. Saratoga

This is not a battle but the place where George Washington and his troops stayed During the winter of Valley Forge

Tax on Tea Tea Act

Tax on sugar Sugar Act

Tax on all legal documents, newspaper and letters Stamp Act

Colonists had to house and feed British soldiers Quartering Act

Tax on glass, lead, paper, and paint. Townshend Act

This closed the port of Boston, established military rule, And denied colonist the right to meet. The colonist thought This act was unbearable. Intolerable Act

Britain’s monarch during the American Revolution. King George III

He rode from town to town to warn of the British invasion. Paul Revere

Blank search warrants Writs of Assistance

The General in charge of the British forces. He also surrendered at Yorktown. General Lord Cornwallis

His famous quote is I have not yet begun to fight. John Paul Jones

This document stated that you could not settle West, past the Appalachian Mountains Proclamation of 1763