In the movie The Patriot what war made Benjamin Martin not want to go to war with the British?
What is the French and Indian War?
100
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
The name of the brawl that broke out between the colonists and British troops, when the colonists were protesting the soldiers being in the colonies.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
This law required that colonists paid for stamps to show they had paid taxes on certain products.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
At the beginning of the war this side had more soldiers, training and supplies than the other.
What is the British?
200
This was the last battle of the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
200
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
This law lowered the cost of tea for the British East India Company, but still led to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
200
This war left Britain with debt that they decided to tax the colonist to gain revenue.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This the date that the Declaration of Independence was ratified by the Continental Congress.
What is July 4, 1776?
300
This battle is considered the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300
Commander of the British who faked an illness so he would not have to surrender to Washington.
Who was Cornwallis?
300
This form of protest was often used by the colonists on tax collectors to show their dislike of British laws.
What is tarring and feathering?
300
This law led to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
300
In the movie The Patriot, Cornwallis said he had no respect for what group of people?
What is the militia?
400
The French arrived in time to help the Americans win this battle.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
400
A soldier in the Revolution who later wrote down his account of the war and is today the most complete first hand account of the war we have.
Who is Joseph P. Martin?
400
In this document Thomas Paine tried to convince colonists that they needed to fight for their freedom.
What is Common Sense?
400
What crime could the signers of the Declaration of Independence have been charged with if they had lost the war?
What is treason?
400
The name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
The Battle of Bunker Hill was misnamed because it actually took place here.
Where is Breeds Hill?
500
Author of Common Sense and The Crisis.
Who was Thomas Paine?
500
This form of protest was the one women were most likely to participate in.
What are boycotts?
500
This law required the colonists to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes, they also had to provide them with food, water and other necessities.
What is the Quartering Act?
500
This document listed all the the things the King had done to violate the rights of the colonists.