People
Wars/Battles
Causes
100

The person who wrote the majority of the declaration of independance.

Thomas Jefferson

100

A conflict between France and Britain over the Ohio River Valley.

What is the French and Indian War?

100
the laws passed by Britain that taxed printed documents
What is The Stamp Act?
200

The leader of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.

King George III

200

Who won the French and Indian War?

Britain

200
A protest in which they dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest against unfair taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
man who was bitter about not being promoted in the Continental Army and became a traitor
Who is Benedict Arnold?
300

the first battles of the American Revolution

Lexington and Concord

300

What does is mean to "boycott"?

To protest by refusing to buy something.

400
commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
400

This battle was the turning point of the war.

Battle of Saratoga

400
Some colonists believed that they should not be taxed unless they are represented in Parliament. This was their motto.
What is "No taxation without representation!"?
500

The person who warned the colonists that the British were coming before the battles of Lexington and Concord.

Paul Revere

500

this battle was the end of the American Revolution

The Battle of Yorktown

500

A document that was written to tell Britain that the colonists wanted to be independent.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

M
e
n
u