What is the word for when colonists refuse to buy products from Britain"
Boycott
100
This battle occurred because the British wanted to take away guns from the colonists
Battle of Lexington and Concord
100
The leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
100
On December 16, 1773, colonists protested a tax on tea by dumping all the tea from British ships into the water. What was this protest called?
The Boston Tea Party
100
This invisible line was set up by King George after the French and Indian War so that colonists didn't cross it and get into trouble with the Native Americans
The Proclamation of 1763
200
Someone who believed that the king should be in control of the colonies
loyalist
200
The Battle of Saratoga was a _______ _______ in the war
turning point
200
The man who went to France to try and ask for help in the war
Benjamin Franklin
200
A civilian army that is used in emergencies is called a what?
Militia (or Minutemen)
200
This act made colonists give up their homes to British soldiers
Quartering Act
300
To announce or say
declaration
300
This battle occurred on Christmas night and caught the Hessians off guard
Battle of Trenton
300
The leader of the British Army
Lord Charles Cornwallis
300
3 men were killed during this event... sometimes called the most violent snowball fight in history
Boston Massacre
300
This became the slogan of the colonists before the war because they were upset with the new laws parliament was passing
no taxation without representation
400
to be free from someones else's rule
independence
400
After this battle, the British knew it was going to be a longer war than they thought
Battle of Bunker Hill
400
Some women dressed up as men so they could do this in the war
fight
400
The Stamp Act was a direct tax on products of this type
Paper
400
On the night of the Boston Tea Party, colonists dressed up as this group of people
Native Americans
Indians
Mohawk Indians
500
when someone goes against their own country
treason
500
This country helped the Americans to defeat the British at Yorktown
France
500
This Prussian man helped train American soldiers during the tough winter at Valley Forge
Von Steuben
500
At the end of the revolution the colonists declared independence by creating the Declaration of Independence. What is the date Congress approved the document? Include the month, day, and year.
July 4, 1776
500
These were two weaknesses of the Continental Army during the war
smaller
less guns/ammo
less experienced soldiers
less experienced generals/leaders