American Revolution Basics

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Hint	Answer
Declaration of Independence Year	1776
British King during the American Revolution	George III
General of the American Troops	Washington
Product that was dumped in Boston Harbor	Tea
Final Battle - in this city	Yorktown
A main author to the Declaration of Independence	Thomas Jefferson
Type of Government used in England at the time	Monarchy
Colonists did not want to pay ______	taxes
The rule that required colonists to house and feed British troops	Quartering
The act that required a tax to be paid on all printed papers (news, legal docs, etc.)	Stamp Act
The name for colonists who did NOT want Independence.	Loyalists
How many years the war for American Independence lasted	7
His Midnight Ride to warn about the arrival of British Soldiers made the news!	Paul Revere
What the Colonists called the British soldiers	Redcoats
American soldiers who were prepared to be ready to fight with a "minute's notice."	Minutemen

Hint	Answer
He's famous for being a traitor to the American side	Benedict Arnold
The American Army was also called the ___________ Army	Continental
A French aristocrat who got French resources and support for the Americans	Lafayette
The nation who helped the Americans win	France
He surrendered to Washington at the final battle of the war	Cornwallis
The first battle of the war: Lexington and ________	Concord
The state where the Boston Tea Party and actual fighting of the Revolutionary war STARTED.	Massachusetts
Latnern warning signals: "One if by land, two if by ______"	sea
The first gun shot at Lexington & Concord: "The shot heard around the _______"	world
The King put limits and taxes on colonial income from ________	trade
The section of the Declaration where the colonists list their complaints against the king.	Grievances
Intolerable Acts YEAR	1774
Intolerable Acts = Punishment for Boston Tea ________	Party
The Americans reacted to the Intolerable Acts by having a meeting called: The 1st Continental _______	Congress
The First Continental Congress- the colonies promised to support Massachusetts in case of ______ attack.	British

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