This man was the commander-in-chief of the American army and the first president of the United States....
Who was George Washington?
100
This was when members of Sons of Liberty dumped tea in the Boston Harbor....
What was the Boston Tea Party?
100
This is the city that had its harbor closed as punishment for dumping British tea....
What is Boston?
100
This was the name of the act that required colonists to pay taxes on paper goods....
What was the Stamp Act?
100
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
200
This man was known for his inventing skills, his writing abilities, and his way with the ladies....
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
200
This was when Crispus Attucks was killed....
What was the Boston Massacre?
200
This is the place where John Hancock and Samuel Adams were hiding before the war started. It is also the place where the British commander first realized that defeating the Americans would be harder than previously assumed.
What is Concord?
200
This was a set of acts that included things like allowing British troops to take over private residences....
What were the Intolerable Acts?
200
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
Who was John Paul Jones?
300
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence....
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
300
This was the battle where the American defeated the Hessians....
What was the Battle of Trenton?
300
This is the place that Ethan Allen's men captured in order to get canons for the war....
What was Fort Ticonderoga?
300
This was the document that listed the grievances of the American colonists and their reasons for wanting to withdraw from Britain....
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
"These are the times that try men's souls."
Who was Thomas Paine?
400
This man is one of the most notorious traitors in American history....
Who was Benedict Arnold?
400
This battle was considered the turning point in the war....
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
400
This is the place where the Americans were beaten, but not before causing over 1000 British casualties....
What was Breed's Hill?
400
This is the pamphlet that Thomas Paine wrote in support of American political aspirations....
What is Common Sense?
400
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Who was Nathan Hale?
500
This man was a silversmith and a spy. He warned the colonists when the British began moving towards Lexingtom and Concord.
Who was Paul Revere?
500
This was the event that officially ended the war. It happened in France.
What was the signing of the Treaty of Paris?
500
This is the place where the Americans defeated the British, this allowing General Washington to focus his efforts on the North for three years.
What was Sullivan's Island?
500
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”