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100
What battle was a turning point for the war and why was it important?
What is Saratoga The colonists victory convinced the French to help the colonists in the war.
100
Group of men headed by Samuel Adams who stood up for the colonists, protested the British taxes, trade laws and led the Boston Tea Party
What were the Sons of Liberty?
100
What was the act called that involved housing British troops
What is Quartering Act?
100
whose signature is the biggest on the Declaration of Independance
What is John Hancock
100
What did the British government do to the colonists after the French and Indian War?
They started taxing the colonist to pay for the war debt and boost the British economy.
200
What is the the Battle of Lexington/Concord known as?
What is the First Shot Heard Around the World?
200
What were the minutemen?
American Patriots who got immediately ready to fight the British whenever they were needed
or colonists who were ready to fight at a moment's notice.
200
What was the party called when Americans dressed as Mohawk Indians and spilled tea into Boston Harbor and what was it an example of?
What is Boston Tea Party and it was an example of civil disobedience?
200
who was the 3rd president of America and co-author of Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
When was the declaration of Independence announced
What is July 4th, 1776
300
What is the importance of the Battle of Yorktown?
What is the last battle of the American Revolution?
300
What does it mean to boycott?
Refusal to buy certain goods and services as a protest
300
What was Stamp Act and the Writs of Assistance?
Stamp Act was when the government placed taxes on paper goods including newspapers, playing cards, etc.
Writs of Assistance is when the British tax officials to search colonial houses and business without a warrant to search for smuggled goods
300
Who negotiated with the French to get them to help the Americans
Give me liberty or give me death
Who is Ben Franklin?
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! This was a method admitting new territories into the Union and how many people did you need to become a state?
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
What is 60,000?
400
What were three disadvantages and one advantage that the colonists had against the British?
Disadvantages: badly trained (at first), poorly equipped, lacked money
advantage: They knew the land.
400
What is a grievance and name three that the colonist had against the British government.
Quartering (housing) British soldiers in America.
Mercantilism limited exports and imports to Britain only.
America had no representatives in the Parliament which passed taxes. "taxation without representation"
Violations of English right of trial by jury.
George III refused to agree to laws passed by colonial legislatures.
George III refused to pass laws unless people gave up their right to representation in Parliament.
George III controlled judges: their selection, term of office, and salary.
400
What is the famous saying from Patrick Henry?
What is Give me liberty or give me death.
400
Who made this engraving and why is it considered Propaganda?
Who is Paul Revere and it makes it seem as if INNOCENT, unarmed colonists are being shot at by the British when it was actually the colonists who started this by throwing rocks, snowballs, etc because of all of taxes, (Stamp Act, Townsend Act).
400
What was the Proclamation of 1763 and why did the British pass this law
Colonists could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains and they did not want to anger the Native Americans.
500
What is the name battle where Washington crossed the Delaware River to surprise the Hessians?
Battle of Trenton
500
What is civil disobedience and give an example from the British trade laws.
Give another example.
What is is the refusal to follow a law in hopes that the government will change the law
Boston Tea Party
Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat in the front of the bus.
Bus sit ins, Mohammed Ali refusing to enter the draft for the army, Ghandi's Salt March of 1930, etc.
500
Under the Intolerable Act what two things did the British do and what did the colonist finally do as a result?
What is Closed the Boston Harbor and stopped meetings in Massachusetts?
It led the colonists to finally seek independence from Great Britain.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Who helped George Washington train the troops at Valley Forge?
Who led the Spanish troops against the British in Louisiana?
Who was the African American spy that was eventually elected to office?
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
Who is Bernado de Galvez?
Who is James Armistead?
500
Name 4 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
No President
No National Court – Judicial system
Weak Congress that could NOT tax or regulate trade.
*Nine of 13 States required to make most decisions
All 13 states required to amend the Articles
Gave the states MORE power and it obviously LIMTED the power of the federal government.