Nickname given to the American rebels during the American Revolution.
What are Patriots?
100
Bunker Hill
What is June 17, 1775?
100
He created Valley Forge as his winter camp.
Who was George Washington?
100
Military turning point in the American Revolution on September 19, 1777?
What is Saratoga?
100
Direct tax on playing cards and pamphlets.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
Name of the colonial army that was led by George Washington?
What is the Continental Army?
200
First Continental Congress: Group that created the Declaration of Rights and Grievances and sent it to George III (The King of England during the American Revolution)
What is September 5, 1774?
200
He was one of the people who rode through the night calling “the British are coming”.
Who was Paul Revere?
200
First battles of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775.
What are Lexington/Concord?
200
Acts passed by the British Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive Acts?
300
Nickname given to the British troops.
What are Redcoats?
300
Governing document of the United States during the American Revolution; the Articles of Confederation written/adopted.
What is March 2, 1781?
300
American who traveled to France to encourage them to join the Americans against the British. France would eventually become the American ally during the American Revolution.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
300
Name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution on September 3, 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783.
300
Washington crossed this river to capture Trenton on Dec. 25-26, 1776.
What is the Delaware?
400
Nickname given to those who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.
What are Loyalists?
400
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and authorized the Declaration of Independence (authored mostly by Thomas Jefferson) on this date.
What is July 4, 1776.
400
One of the leaders of the Sons of Liberty, the secretive group whose original goal was to fight against the Stamp Act.
Who was Samuel Adams?
400
October 19, 1781, last battle of the American Revolution where General Cornwallis and the British were defeated.
What is Yorktown?
400
City where the British established their military headquarters.
What is New York City?
500
Name of German troops hired by the British.
What are Hessians?
500
Common Sense written by Thomas Paine.
What is January 15, 1776?
500
Man who made the famous speech which includes the phrase “Give me liberty or give me death”
Who was Patrick Henry?
500
Act that gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
What is the Tea Act?
500
Explain why a Patriot would want to fight in the American Revolution?
Possible Answers include but not limited to:
What are
1. No taxation without Representation
2. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
3. Sons of Liberty
4. Tea Party and the Coercive Acts