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The effect of the tea act, which Benjamin Franklin called an act of piracy.

Boston Tea Party

This taxed all goods printed on paper.

Stamp Act

This was fought over boundary issues and the main reason for all the taxes.

French and Indian War

This act required colonists to provide British soldiers with food and shelter

The Quartering Act

This was a series of acts issued to control the colonists This was a series of acts issued to control the colonists. These acts closed harbors and prohibited town meetings.

Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts

This is where the first shots of the war were fired.

Lexington

This was the last major battle of the war This was the last major battle of the war. British surrounded and surrendered.

Yorktown

This was a very hot battle that saw the efforts of Molly Pitcher.

Monmouth

Washington crosses the icy Delaware and captures the snoozing Hessians.

Trenton

Set of two battles that convinced the French to enter the war and were the turning point of the war.

Saratoga

First U.S. president and general in Revolutionary War.

George Washington

3rd U.S. president and writer of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

King of England during the Revolutionary War.

King George III

Known as Father of the Constitution and (4th ) president when British burned the White House.

James Madison

Orator who said “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

Patrick Henry

Name of event where British soldiers opened fired on some rowdy colonists, killing five.

Boston Massacre

The name of one of the men who rode through towns warning the militiamen that the “British were coming”

Paul Revere and William Dawes

Name of general that surrendered to Washington, ending the War

General Cornwallis

Give one pro and one con of the Winter at Valley Forge

Pro – colonists trained to be soldiers Con – very harsh weather and conditions claimed the lives of many

Name at least two reasons why the colonists won the war.

Population, distance from England, France and other support, and home field advantage

Battle fought by patriots low on ammunition and told “Don’t fire until you see the white’s of their eyes.”

Bunker Hill

This general betrayed the Continental Army and his name is forever associated with treason

Benedict Arnold

This great inventor, author, etc This great inventor, author, etc., built relations with France and helped revise the Declaration of Independence

Benjamin Franklin

This was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence

To announce separation from England and give reasons

Name of the document signed to end the war

Treaty of Paris

Final Jeopardy Make your wager

This was the real name of Robert Shurtleff, who, when shot in the leg, removed the bullet to avoid going to the doctor.

Deborah Sampson