American Revolution

Battles

100

Washington surrounds General Cornwallis at this city, effectively ending the war 

Yorktown

200

The Christmas day attack and daring crossing of the Delaware River

Trenton

300

British regulars confronted the colonial minutemen at this location, considered the first battle of the war

Lexington and Concord

400

The British tried to isolate New England from the rest of the colonies.  They failed thanks to the leadership of Benedict Arnold, future traitor to the cause.  However the French decide to join the war with the Americans.

Saratoga

500

This battle was an American defeat, but moral boost as British casualties were exceptionally high for the price on this hill outside of Boston

Bunker Hill

People

100

Author of the Declaration of Independence 

Thomas Jefferson

200

Thomas Jefferson borrowed the concept of Natural Rights from this enlightenment thinker

John Locke

300

This person wrote the inspirational pamphlet "Common Sense" urging people to support the Revolution

Thomas Paine

400

The Virginia Declaration of Rights, which would later be a basis for the Bill of Rights, was written by who?

George Mason

500

The phrase "Join or Die" with a picture of a chopped up snake was created by which founding father to gather support for the French and Indian war?

Benjamin Franklin

Wild Card

100

This country aided the United States in its eventual victory.

France

200

Another name for a loyalist during the Revolution was a...

Tory

300

This betrayal by the British government prevented the colonist from moving West over the Appalachian Mountains. 

Proclamation of 1763

400

This person was Washington's personal aid during the American Revolution, and helped lead the charge on Redoubts 9 & 10 at Yorktown.  He was also at the Battle of Trenton.  You've seen him on the $10 bill.

Alexander Hamilton 

500

Who officially proposed independence at the Second Continental Congress?

Richard Henry Lee

Events

100

The British initially imposed taxes on sugar, but then implemented the _______ act that applied to all major documents.

Stamp 

200

This event symbolized hostilities were on a deadly path when British troops fired into a Boston crowd...

Boston Massacre 

300

What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party?

Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)

400

What city hosted the Treaty that officially ended the war?

Paris 

500

In response to repeal the Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress agreed to implement the ____ - ____________ Association.

Non-Importation (boycott) 

Vocab

100

Boycotting British clothing and making it yourself was referred to as...

Homespun

200

This document changed the meaning of the Revolution and is a symbol of freedom around the world

Declaration of Independence 

300

British custom officials arrested smugglers with the use of blank search warrants called...

Writs of Assistance 

400

This "plan" proposed that the colonist stay united against the French and Indians prior to the American Revolution.

Albany Plan of Union

500

Which British Act forced the colonist to house and feed British soliders?

Quartering Act