Some American colonists thought it was unfair that they were being taxed without representation, so they decided to ____________.

On the night of December 16, 1773 a group of

colonists known as The Sons of Liberty, dressed up as

Indians and boarded a tea ship. They dumped the chests

of tea from the ship into Boston Harbor. This event is known as ______________.

_______________ is famous for his midnight ride on April 18, 1775. He rode to warn the patriots that British troops were approaching Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts as the Revolutionary War was about to start.

Which battle(s) happened first in the American Revolution?

Members of The Continental Congress wrote and signed a letter to King George III declaring independence. This document is known as _______________ and was adopted on July 4, 1776.

____________________ was a poet. She was the first African American to have a book published. It was called Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.

George Washington was a __________________ during the American Revolution. He later became the first president of the United States.

African Americans and Native Peoples served on both sides of the war. After the war many African Americans were returned to slavery even when they had been promised ___________.

There were many battles of the American Revolution. The last major battle was the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. The British surrendered and ________________ won the war.

The new Americans believed in democracy, or government by the ___________.

___________________ was written to establish the duties and responsibilities of each part of our government. It is the highest law in the land. The first part of this document is known as the preamble.

____________________ are the first 10 amendments, or changes, to the Constitution.