People and Acts of the American Revoultionary War #2

Match the following

• Benedict Arnold

• was caught spying for the British and is famously known as a traitor

• Ethan Allen

• general of the Continental Army

• Mary Ludwig

• leader of the Green Mountain Boys

• George Washington

• was called “Molly Pitcher”

Match the following

• Crispus Attucks

• he surrendered to Washington at Yorktown

• Thomas Paine

• African American sailor killed at the Boston Massacre

• Deborah Sampson

• only woman to receive a full military pension in the Revolutionary Army

• General Cornwallis

• wrote a pamphlet called “Common Sense”

Match the following

• Abigail Adams

• a symbol of early advocacy of women’s rights

• Paul Revere

• famous for his midnight run, warning the people the British were coming

• Patrick Henry

• leader of the Sons of Liberty

• Phillis Wheatley

• first African American woman to publish a book of poetry, often reflecting themes of liberty and freedom

• Samuel Adams

• fiery Virginian, “Give me liberty or give me death” speech

Taxed foreign sugar and molasses

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

Taxed paper goods - All legal and commercial documents carry an official stamp

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

Taxed tea

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

Taxed glass, oil, and lead

• Quartering Act

• Proclammation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Townshend Act

Required the colonists to house the Bristish

• Quartering Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Townshend Act

Probihited (forbid) the colonists to settle west to the Appalachians Mountains

• Quartering Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Townshend Act

America gained its independence

• Quartering Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Townshend Act