23-24 5A The American Revolution Vocabulary Quiz

the revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain

• French and Indian War

• The Eight Years War

• The American Revolution

• The English Revolution

refuse to buy

• boycott

• discount

• rebell

• abolish

1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, announced the separation of American colonies from Great Britain.

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution of the United States

• Declaration of the Rights of Colonist

a violent uprising against a ruler

• revolt

• boycott

• abolish

• massacre

reflected the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had no direct representatives in Parliament

• Taxation with representation
• No taxation without representation
• No representation without taxation
• Taxation without representation is fair

Political authority that directed the struggle for independence beginning in 1775. Created the Declaration of Independence.

• Second Royal Congress

• First National Assembly

• Second Federal Convention

• Second Continental Congress

American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution. France would join the war soon after.

• Saratoga
• Bunker Hill
• Lexington
• Valley Forge

1781 American and French victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender a large army.

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Gettysburg
• Siege of Vicksburg
• Battle of Bunker Hill

agreement signed by British and American leaders that ended the American Revolution and stated the United States of America was a free and independent country

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of London
• Declaration of Independence
• Treaty of Versailles

the first ten amendments to the Constitution that guarantee the rights of all US citizens

• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Bill of Rights