American Revolution

Was inspired by the philosopher John Locke?

• The Declaratory Act

• Some ideas in the Declaration of Independence

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Treaty of Paris

Marched from Boston into the villages of Lexington and Concord in April 1775 to arrest patriot leaders and to destroy the militia's supplies

• Thomas Paine

• Benedict Arnold

• Hessians

• British Troops

The number of Americans who died in British prisons

• 8,500

• 20

• 400

• 20,000

Document stating Parliament had supreme control to govern the colonies

• The Declaratory Act

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Stamp Act

Who was the persuasive, public speaking lawyer from Virginia who said, "I am not a Virginian, but an American." and "Give me liberty or give me death."

• Thomas Paine

• Lord Cornwallis

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

A refusal to buy certain goods

• Act

• Petition

• Import

• Boycott

Secretly helped the American Patriots at the beginning of the war because they didn't want to join a losing battle and be defeated by the British again

• France

• Russia

• England

• Hessians

A colonist who supported the British

• Loyalist

• Hessian

• Patriot

• Yankee

Search warrants used by British soldiers looking for smuggled goods

• Committees of Correspondence

• Writs of Assistance

• Olive Branch Petition

• Hessians

The main author of the Declaration of Independence

• James Madison

• John Locke

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson