| Question | Answer |
| Ambassador to France during the American Revolution | Benjamin Franklin
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Listed grievances against King George III and gave reasons why the colonists were fighting for their freedom. | Declaration of Independence
| Leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. | George Washington
| Opening battles of the Revolutionary War. | Lexington and Concord
| Known for his “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech. | Patrick Henry
| Issued by King George III preventing colonial settlement west of the Appalachians. | Proclamation Act of 1763
| Opposed British taxation and formed the Sons of Liberty. | Samuel Adams
| After this battle, the turning point in the American Revolution, France began to help the colonies. | Battle of Saratoga (1777)
| Author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). | Thomas Jefferson
| Wrote Common Sense which persuaded many colonists to fight for independence. | Thomas Paine
| Officially ended the American Revolution.Britain recognized American independence and set the western border of the United States at the Mississippi River. | Treaty of Paris of 1783
| Rights that cannot be taken away. | Unalienable Rights
| Where Washington’s army spent the winter of 1777-1778.Despite hardships, his army became a well trained, disciplined, and much stronger force. | Valley Forge
| This victory by the Americans in the Revolutionary War, won independence. | Battle of Yorktown (1781)
| Slave who was a spy during the American Revolution. His reports helped the Americans win at Yorktown. | James Armistead
| Complained that the Declaration of Independence did not say anything about women. | Abigail Adams
| Spanish governor of Louisiana who drove the British out of Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida during the American Revolution. | Bernardo de Galvez
| African American who was the first casualty of the American Revolution.He died at the Boston Massacre. | Crispus Attucks
| Patriot who lent his own money to the Revolutionary War government to help the war effort. | Haym Solomon
| French military officer who helped the Americans win their independence. | Marquis de Lafayette
| African American Patriot who fought at the Battle of Saratoga. He also was the first African American elected to public office. | Wentworth Cheswell
| After the Intolerable Acts were passed, she wrote plays making fun of the British. | Mercy Ottis Warren |
