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100
This person was the general of the Continental Army and first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
100
This is harbor that had the tea from The Boston Tea Party dumped into it and was subsequently closed by the King of England.
What is Boston Harbor?
100

This was the act that taxed sugar, indigo, and molasses

What is The Sugar Act

100
This event that happened late at night in Boston resulted in the deaths of 5 people.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
This is the date the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4th , 1776?
200
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This is the battle site where "The Shot Heard Around the World" was fired and although the Americans lost this battle, it showed that they should not be underestimated by the British.
What is Bunker Hill?
200
This is the act that put a tax on paper goods like letters, writing paper, playing cards, newspapers, calendars, legal documents, and more.
What is The Stamp Act?
200
This event was in protest against the Tea Act and resulted in the Intolerable Acts being put in place by the British.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
The cost of this war was the reason the British wanted to tax the colonists.
What is the French-Indian War?
300
This person was the first to die in the Revolutionary War.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
300
This was the battle where the first real military action took place between British soldiers and American minutemen.
What is the Battle of Lexington-Concord?
300

This was a peace treaty signed in 1783, officially ending the war

What is The Treaty of Paris

300

This is what George Washington did on Christmas night, 1776, to surprise the Hessian troops.

What is Crossing the Delaware?

300

These was the name used to describe people who wanted independence from the British

What is patriots

400
This person was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and one of the leaders of the Sons of Liberty.
Who is John Hancock?
400
This is the site where the American military settled in to wait out the winter of 1777 into 1778
What is Valley Forge?
400
This act put a tax on tea and lead to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
400

The colonies started to come together because of unfair laws. This secret meeting was called

What is First Continental Congress

400
This was the name used to describe people loyal to the King of England.
What are loyalists?
500

This person warned colonies that the British were coming before the Battle of Lexington

Who is Paul Revere

500
This is the site of the final battle of the American Revolution and where the British surrendered.
What is Yorktown?
500
This act put a tax on many goods brought in from England such as glass, paper, tea, and paint.
What is The Townshend Acts?
500

This battle was the turning point in the war, lifting morale and convincing France to formaly help the Americans

What is the Battle of Saratoga.

500
This was the secret group of men (consisting of famous men like Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams among others) that lead the early stages of rebellion against the British.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
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