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battles
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a series of British measures passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. For example, one of the laws closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea that they had destroyed
What are the coercive acts
100
1776 parliament repealed the stamp act and passed this act which reaffirmed parliament’s right to bind the colonies.
What is the declaratory act
100
a man from Pennsylvania that led a group at the 2nd continental congress to try and reconcile with Britain
Who is john dickinson
100
In June 1774, following the passage of the Boston Port Act, Adams climaxed his activities against that and similarly oppressive measures by securing the approval by the Massachusetts state constitution.
Who is Samuel Adams
100
first large-scale engagement of the American Revolution, fought on June 17, 1775, in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Mass.
What is the battle of Bunker Hill
200
pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776.
What is common sense
200
a series of essays written by the Pennsylvania lawyer and legislator John Dickinson and published under the name A Farmer from 1767 to 1768.
What is Letters from a Pennsylvania farmer
200
was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British
Who is Benedict Arnold
200
first man killed in the Boston Massacre. He led the group of American colonists with which the British soldiers clashed on March 5, 1770.
Who is Crispus Attucks
200
brief skirmish that marked the first military clash in the American Revolution. It took place on April 19, 1775, between some 70 colonial minutemen commanded by Capt. John Parker and about 800 British soldiers marching on Concord, Mass., under the command of Lt. Col. Francis Smith.
What is the battle of Lexington
300
a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.
What is continental congress
300
issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, in which it forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the proclamation of 1763
300
British General who was defeated at Yorktown on October 19, 1781
Who is General Cornwallis
300
3rd president. Favored centralized government and wrote the declaration of independence.
Who is thomas jefferson
300
The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. There the British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to General George Washington
What is the battle of Yorktown
400
- British ban on printing colonial money in order to assure creditors that they wouldn't be repaid with depreciated currency
currency act
400
exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown.
What is the stamp act
400
a Prussian-born military officer who served as inspector general and Major General of the Continental Army.
Who is Baron von Steuben
400
was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly, and an early advocate of the Patriot views against British policy that led to the American Revolution.
Who is James Otis
400
took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey.
What is the battle of Trenton
500
document that declared the thirteen colonies independent from Britain
What is the declaration of independence
500
a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market.
What is the sugar act
500
patriot of the American Revolution, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, and champion of statehood for Vermont
Who is ethan allen
500
an American silversmith, engraver, and early industrialist famous for warning Americans that the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere
500
A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state. Benedict Arnold, who had not yet turned traitor, was a leader of the American offensive, which forced the surrender of British troops under General John Burgoyne.
What is Saratoga
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