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A protest organized by the Sons of Liberty where 30-100 men disguised as Native Americans boarded 3 British East India Company ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This battle is known as the "shot heard round the world" and took place in April of 1775. It was the first battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
What year was the Declaration of Independence published?
What is 1776?
This person was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This group was similar to the Sons of Liberty but took on other forms of boycotting such as creating homemade teas and homespun cloth.
What are the Daughters of Liberty?
This was passed by the British Parliament in 1765 that imposed a tax on all printed materials including newspapers, pamphlets, and legal documents in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This was the last battle of the American Revolution where the American and French troops forced a British surrender on the morning of October 17, 1781.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
What year did the Revolutionary War begin?
What is 1775?
This person was the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
This period of time was difficult for the Continental Army as they suffered from cold weather, disease, hunger, food shortages, and lack of medicine. However, this period of time allowed for the professionalization of the American forces under Baron Friedrich von Steuben and demonstrated the dedication of the Continental Army.
What is the Winter at Valley Forge?
This was a conflict between colonists and British soldiers resulting in the death of five Americans, including Crispus Attucks.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This battle was a turning point for the American Revolution because the American victory boosted morale and secured foreign support needed to win the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What year did the Revolutionary War end?
What is 1783?
This French aristocrat and military officer offered to serve the Continental Army without pay and was given commission as a major general on July 31, 1777.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
Who were the three authors of the Federalist Papers post-American Revolution? (if you can also say how many papers each of them wrote, you get double points!)
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay? (Hamilton: 51, Madison: 29, Jay: 5)
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament including the Coercive Acts, Administration of Justice Act, Second Quartering Act, and Quebec Act. (hint: what did the colonies nickname this series of laws?)
What are the Intolerable Acts?
At this battle, George Washington led his troops across the Delaware river on December 25, 1776, conducting a surprise attack on Hessian soldiers, forcing their surrender on December 26.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
What year was the Boston Massacre?
What is 1770?
This person was the British Commander in Chief during the Revolutionary War.
Who is General William Howe?
This was an American spy network started by George Washington and Major Benjamin Tallmadge. This organization helped unveil Benedict Arnold's plot of defection and delivered critical information about the British.
What is the Culper Spy Ring?
This war prior to the American Revolution left Great Britain in crippling debt despite the British victory, contributing to the implementation of taxes in the colonies, leading to rising tensions and conflict.
What is the Seven Years War? (AKA the French and Indian War)
The American forces in this battle were led by General William Prescott and ended in hand-to-hand combat with Major Putnam instructing his soldiers to not fire until they "could see the whites of their eyes". This battle was a British victory, but boosted American confidence with massive British losses.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
What day was the Treaty of Paris signed?
What is September 3, 1783?
This person was the prime minister of Great Britain during the American Revolution. (perhaps a hint if you know your dates: Apr. 1763- Jul. 1765)
Who is George Grenville?
This person proposed that taxation without representation was tyranny, which later developed into the phrase of "no taxation without representation".
Who is James Otis?