Dates And Events
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People
Causes
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100
The Declaration of Independence was signed
July 4, 1776
100
This map shows...
The original 13 colonies (around 1750 CE)
100
The first commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
100
this Act required all paper goods (playing cards, newspapers, court documents, etc) to have an ink stamp on it - and you had to pay for it.
The Stamp Act of 1765
100
This document created the United States of America
the Declaration of Independence
200
June 1754 - what was this picture connected to?
The Albany Plan, presented by Benjamin Franklin
200
What year and document does this map show?
Treaty of Paris (1783) post Revolutionary War
200
Name this person.
King George III of Britain
200
What does this picture show?
The Shot Heard Round the World - at Lexington, started the war - April 19, 1775. 8 minutemen died.
200
Ended the French-Indian war by giving the England all the territory east of the Mississippi River (ad Spanish Florida)
Treaty of Paris (1763)
300
Years of the French-Indian War
1754-1763
300
this map shows the effect of what law?
The Proclamation of 1763 (King George III banned people from moving west of this line)
300
Name two important things that Benjamin Franklin did to help create the United States of America.
Helped write the Declaration of Independence, went to France to talk to the king, helped with the Treaty of Paris (1783)...
300
this Act banned paper money and forced the colonies to pay taxes with gold, silver, or British coins.
the Currency Act of 1754
300
King George III told the British people that they could not live west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation of 1763
400
What happened on March 5, 1770?
Boston Massacre
400
This map shows what battle?
The Battle of Saratoga, New York, October 1777
400
Name at least three men on the Committee of Five that created the Declaration of Independence (bonus points for all)
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston
400
this group of Acts raised taxes on lead, paint, glass, and tea.
Townshend Acts of 1767
400
England recognizes the United States as its own nation, and created new borders
Treaty of Paris 1783
500
What happened in this picture? What year?
The Midnight Ride (Paul Revere, William Dawes) - April 18, 1775)
500
This map shows the balance of power AFTER what event/year?
the end of French-Indian war in 1763 (the first Treaty of Paris)
500
Surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781
British General Cornwallis
500
Name one of the four Acts included under the Intolerable Acts. (Bonus points for each one!)
Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, Administration of Justice Act, and/or Massachusetts Government Act
500
written to encourage people to turn against King George III - sold almost 500,000 copies and helped start the Revolutionary War.
"Common Sense" written by Thomas Paine in January of 1776