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100
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper. The tax was put into place to have the colonists pay Britain back for their help during the French and Indian War.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
This event happened when a group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
The colonists were so upset about the tax on tea that they several Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This word means freedom from being ruled by someone else.
What is "independence"?
200
freedoms protected by the law or government
What are "rights"?
200
One that wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a "patriot"?
200

What battle convinced Europeans to become American Allies?

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

200

The 2nd Continental Congress sent what document to King George the III in 1775, but he refused to read it.

What is The Olive Branch Petition?

200

In January of 1777, the British army defeated the Colonists at what battle?

What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?

300
This battle was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is sometimes called "The shot heard 'round the world".
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
300

What document ended the French and Indian War?

What is the Treaty of Paris?

300

What two men had troops that captured Fort Ticonderoga?

Who are Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen?

300
His was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
300
This document was written to King George III stating that the colonies wanted their independence and that they should have rights.
What is the Declaration of independence?
400
He was the Patriot that made the angry speech against the Stamp Act. His famous quote is "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
He was the one that shared many of his ideas about the colonists' independence by writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400

Britain passed a law that colonists could not move past the Appalachian Mountains.

What is the Proclamation Act?

400

After repealing the Stamp Act, Parliament passed taxes on goods, tea, glass, and paint. 

What are the Townshend Acts

400

Which law did Parliament pass after the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists?

The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

500
During the battle, France ended up joining the colonists and helped to send supplies to colonial soldiers.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
This is where the colonial army spent a long, cold winter fighting off disease and hunger. Washington, however, helped the troops to keep going.
What is Valley Forge?
500
This was the last official battle of the American Revolution. This British surrendered and the colonists won the war for their independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The colonies loved his leadership so much that they made him the first official President of the colonies.
Who is George Washington?
500

DOUBLE POINTS.... What General surrendered to General Washington at Yorktown?

Who was General Cornwallis?

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