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"The shot heard around the world” happened during this battle of the American Revolution.
What is Lexington & Concord?
100
Rebellious act in the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This document preceded the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
100
The Declaration of Independence or the Constitution.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
This rebellion "proved" that the Articles of Confederation created a federal government that was too weak.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
200
This militia fought extremely well at Bunker Hill.
Who are the Minutemen?
200
This act on printed materials angered colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
People who favored a strong national government.
Who are the Federalists?
200
The Tea Act or the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
200
The British and Americans agreed to peace terms by signing this "treaty".
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
This British General surrendered at Yorktown.
Who is General Cornwallis?
300
It established British economic monopoly over the 13 colonies.
What are the Navigation Acts?
300
This compromise created a bicameral house in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
Sugar Act or Stamp Act.
What is the Sugar Act?
300
This was the last colonial attempt to avoid war with Great Britain.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
400
This battle convinced the French to help the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
This act gave the British the legal right to tax the colonists.
What is the Declaratory Act?
400
This compromise “settled” issues with slavery.
What is the Three Fifths Compromise?
400
The Intolerable Acts or the First Continental Congress.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
Freedom of Religion in the first Amendment was inspired from this Southern document.
What is the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
500
This guerrilla southern expert from South Carolina gave birth to the fictional character Benjamin Martin (The Patriot).
Who is Francis Marion (Swamp Fox)?
500
These acts were aimed to coerce this people of Boston into submission.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
This former Western Massachusetts hero was probably the most responsible for the passage of the Constitution.
Who is Daniel Shay?
500
Natural Rights (Locke) or the Social Contract (Hobbes).
What is the Social Contract?
500
This group was established to inform the 13 colonies of what was happening in Boston.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
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