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This act by put forth by the British forced Colonists to pay taxes on all imported goods from Britain.
What was the Townshend Acts
100
Leader of the Continental Army
Who was George Washington?
100
King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists.
What is Boston Harbor
100
These are small groups of men who were trained to go into battle.
What were: militias
100
Paying for the cost of this event was the first reason the British needed tax money from the Colonists.
What was the French Indian War.
200
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is The Boston Tea Party.
200
This nickname describes the British soldiers based on appearance.
What were Lobsterbacks or Redcoats
200
The Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place here
What is Breed's Hill
200
These colonists stayed true to their King.
What were the Loyalists.
200
General Cornwallis became trapped at this location in 1781.
What is Yorktown?
300
Britain punished Boston because of this incident.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
300
This author penned "Common Sense"
Who was Thomas Paine?
300
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies.
What is The Atlantic Ocean.
300
These soldiers boasted that they could be ready to fight in one minute.
What were minutemen?
300
The individuals who wrote the Declaration of Independence were called this:
What is The Framers.
400
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act.
400
This man actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
400
George Washington crossed this river on Christmas day to attack Hessian troops.
What is the Delaware River?
400
The name of the governing body of Great Britain.
What is Parliament.
400
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
Colonists forced to house British soldiers... Massachusetts being taken over by Thomas Gage of Britain, the closing of Boston's port... All were referred to as this.
What is the Intolerable Acts.
500
A person who supported the cause of freedom was called this.
What is a Patriot?
500
These are the names of the original 13 colonies:
What are Massachusetts (Maine was a part of Mass.), Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Georgia, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware.
500
This group supported freedom for the colonists and was led by men like Paul Revere.
What were the Sons of Liberty?
500
In 1774, representatives from every colony except Georgia met at this gathering in Philadelphia.
What is the First Continental Congress.
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