Causes & Taxes
Key Figures & Writings
The Declaration
Battles & Tactics
Homefront and Loyalists
100
This 1763 royal order restricted westward colonial movement, sharply increasing political tension.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100
Thomas Paine authored this widely read 1776 pamphlet to convince colonists to support complete independence.
What is Common Sense?
100
The Declaration states rights are "unalienable" and endowed by a Creator, meaning rights exist before this institution is created.
What is government?
100
These two connected Massachusetts settlements served as the location for the first military conflict of the Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
100
Local volunteer civilian fighters who relied on surprise tactics and rapid response times in sixty-seconds.
Who are Minutemen?
200
This phrase was used by colonists to protest laws like the Stamp Act primarily because they lacked input in making tax legislation.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
200
Benjamin Franklin published this famous snake political cartoon in 1754 to encourage this feeling among colonies.
What is "Join or Die".
200
The rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are know as this.
What are natural rights?
200
Although a British victory, high casualties at this battle proved that inexperienced Americans could fight effectively.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
George Washington's 1775 letter from this winter encampment highlighted a desperate lack of clothing and basic supplies.
What is Valley Forge?
300
Great Britain passed these strict enforcement measures directly in response to the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts?
300
Paul Revere created a famous engraving of this 1770 event to portray British troops firing on peaceful colonists without cause.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
The grievance regarding "standing armies in times of peace" stemmed directly from this British policy forcing troops into colonial housing.
What is quartering?
300
This major victory is widely recognized as the official turning point of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300
Colonists who maintained that remaining under British rule was the best way to preserve their rights and security.
Who are Loyalists?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The economic tactic where colonists organized and refused to buy imported British goods.
What is a boycott?
400
The leader and monarch directly blamed in the Declaration of Independence for violating rights.
Who is King George III?
400
The grievance citing "mock trials" for murders committed by soldiers was inspired by the aftermath of this event.
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
The Revolutionary War effectively came to an end after a three-week siege forced a British surrender at this town.
What is Yorktown?
400
Believing taxation required representation converted many neutral colonists into this pro-revolution political group.
Who are Patriots?
500
Despite emerging victorious from the French and Indian War, Great Britain suffered this severe financial consequence.
What is massive national debt?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
A major political achievement of Benjamin Franklin that first caused the colonies to consider themselves seperate from England.
What is the Albany Plan of Union
500
Despite advocating for equality and natural rights, this was NOT included in the Declaration.
What is the abolition of slavery?
500
Generals like Francis Marion used non-traditional surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics known as this.
What is guerrilla warfare?
500
The severe British losses at Saratoga convinced this foreign European nation to form an official alliance with the Americans.
Who is France?