Taxes
This was a tax on sugar and molasses from anywhere other than England
Sugar Act
A law that states colonists had to provide food and housing to British soldiers
Quartering Act
What were the first two battles of the American Revolution?
Lexington & Concord
In an act of protest, colonists dumped a large amount of tea in to the ocean in the...
Boston Tea Party
This Christmas song was originally written to be a Thanksgiving song
Jingle Bells
This tax gave England a monopoly on tea
Tea Act
Parliament passed laws to punish the Bostonians for the tea destroyed. These Acts are called...
Intolerable Acts
This was a strategy of lining all of your soldiers up and firing a wall of bullets at the enemy
Linear Tactics
An argument between colonists and a British soldier escalated until British soldiers opened fire, killing five colonists in the...
Boston Massacre
What was the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
Home Alone
This was a tax on paper goods in the colonies
Stamp Act
What was the famous phrase that colonists used to share their frustrations with the English government?
No taxation without representation!
What was the outcome of the battle of Yorktown?
England surrendered
This was a camp were the colonists spent one brutal winter training to be better soldiers.
Valley Forge
How many gifts in total were given in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song?
364
This was a tax on common household items like paint and glass
Townshend Act
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Banned colonists from settling Western areas
Colonists lost this battle, but gained a new sense of confidence and morale after dealing a lot of damage to the English army
Bunker Hill
This was a letter sent to King George III to tell him that the colonies would no longer be part of England.
The Declaration of Independence
What percentage of Americans buy fake Christmas trees?
82%
What was the effect of the French & Indian War on the British government?
England was in a ton of debt
What did the Declaratory Act do?
Allowed England to create any laws about the colonies
This was when the colonists ambushed British and Hessian soldiers on Christmas
The Crossing of the Delaware
This section of the Declaration of Independence stated all of the colonists' complaints against King George
List of Grievances
How many packages does USPS deliver per day during the holidays?
28 million packages per day