American Revolution

To refuse to buy or use certain goods or services

• siege

• prohibit

• boycott

• traitor

The army of the Thirteen Colonies in the Revolutionary-era United States

• Red Coats

• Continental Army

• minutemen

• British Army

A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the King and the British (England's) cause.

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Englishman

• Traitor

A colonist who favored independence from Great Britain and war against Britain

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Ally

• War Hawk

What was the name of the group of protesters that formed in Boston in response to the Stamp Act (and sometimes threatened violence to frighten tax collectors)?

• The Tea Tax

• Patrick Henry

• The Sons of Liberty

• The British Parliament

Why did the British put a tax on paper materials in the colonies? (The Stamp Act)

• The British did not like the colonists

• The British would use that money to buy weapons

• King George needed money to pay the soldiers

• The British were in debt because of the French/Indian war

He was the King of England during the American Revolution. He was often blamed for being a tyrant.

• King Phillip

• King Charles

• George Washington

• King George III

What was the name of the new laws that the British imposed on the colonies, as a result of The Boston Tea Party?

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Townshend Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The First Continental Congress

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

Who won the American Revolution?

• The British
• The American Colonists