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100

He was the general of the Continental Army

George Washington 

100

This act placed a stamp of approval on taxable goods.

Stamp Act

100

He wrote the Declaration of Independence. 

Thomas Jefferson

100

The colonial leaders used the Boston Massacre killings as this.

Propaganda 

100

This is information designed to influence public opinion.

Propaganda  

200

He was killed at the Boston Massacre

Crispus Attucks

200

This is a legal document that allowed British agents to search homes.

Writ of Assistance

200

He wrote Common Sense.

Thomas Paine 

200

This event led the British to pass the Intolerable acts.

Boston Tea Party 

200

This is mocking figures of public officials. 

Effigies 

300

He was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence. 

John Hancock 

300

This act put a tax on molasses.

The Sugar Act 

300

Paul Revere's Engraving depicts this event and was used as propaganda.

The Boston Massacre

300
After this Battle the British learned that defeating the colonists would not be easy.

Battle of Bunker Hill

300

The Olive Branch petition asked the King to do this.

Protect the colonists' rights

400

These are colonists who wanted to fight the British for independence.

Patriots 

400

This act taxed goods being imported into the colonies.

The Townshend Acts

400

Who argued for American independence and greatly influenced colonists' opinions by stating many reasons to leave in a pamphlet.

Thomas Paine

400

The battles of Lexington and Concord happened in this state.

Massachusetts 

400

Writs of assistance allowed British custom officers to search what.

Homes for smuggled goods

500

Colonists who sided with Great Britain are this.

Loyalists

500
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of this area.

The Appalachian Mountains

500

The Declaration of Independence states all people have these three rights.

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 

500

At what battle did William Prescott state, "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes."

The Battle of Bunker Hill 

500

TRUE OR FALSE- Common Sense was published anonymously.

False

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