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100
Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock were hiding close by and the British wanted to arrest them, and patriot ammunition was stored here and the British knew it.
What is the reason the British wanted to surprise the colonists at Concord?
100
These two taxes were imposed by King George to help pay the expenses of soldiers who protected the colonists during the French and Indian War.
What were the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts?
100
I won't pay taxes if I can't help decide where that money is to be spent! -
What is "No taxation without representation!" - the colonists
100
Colonists who opposed British rule.
What are patriots?
100
He organized the Sons of Liberty to protest British taxes.
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
A meeting of colonial leaders to respond to the Intolerable Acts and where they decided each colony should train a militia.
What is the First Continental Congress?
200
A rebellion by the colonists in Boston Harbor to protest taxes on a favorite beverage.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
"If I can't live free and govern myself, I'd rather be dead!"
What is "Give me liberty, or give me death!" - Patrick Henry
200
Volunteer armies made up of farmers and apprentices.
What is a militia?
200

A silversmith who risked capture and death to warn the colonists of the British march to Concord.

Who is Paul Revere?

300
These colonists wove their own cloth and made herbal tea in response to the taxes on imported British goods.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
300
Laws that closed Boston Harbor, put a British general in charge and said that the colonists had to provide food and lodging for British soldiers.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300
"We don't have much ammunition, so we'll do better with what we have if we wait until they get really close to shoot!"
What is "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" - Colonel William Prescott
300
A name for a group of militia who promised to be ready to fight on short notice.
What are minutemen?
300
This brave colonial leader VOLUNTEERED to lead the colonial army in the fight for independence.
Who is George Washington?
400
A conflict in Boston where colonists and the Redcoats got into a fight, shots were fired and innocent people were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
The location for the "shot heard round the world".
What is Lexington?
400

"Be ready! They're coming. If we're going to fight, it will start here in Lexington!"

What is "If they mean to have a war, let it begin here." - Captain John Parker

400
A group of express riders who delivered messages from one colony to another.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
400
A patriot colonel whose troops built earthen forts on the tops of hills around Boston so that his troops could fire cannons down on the British army.
Who is William Prescott?
500
The British strategy was to "divide and conquer", but it backfired.
What is the reason that the colonists began to unite as "Americans"?
500
The British retreated to Boston after the patriots ambushed them along the road to this small town.
What is the Battle of Concord?
500
"When the first gun fires, everyone will know that we're willing to fight for freedom."
What is the "shot heard round the world"?
500
To refuse to buy goods.
What is a boycott?
500
This patriot was famous for his fiery speeches. He was one of the first to speak out against the Stamp Act.
Who is Patrick Henry?
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