People of the American Revolution
Random events of the American Revolution
Events of the American Revolution
Acts and Government of the American Revolution
Stirrings of the Rebellion
100
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott
Who warns the colonists that the British are coming?
100
British troops shot into a hostile crowd of colonists in Boston, wounding 11 and killing 5 on March 5, 1770.
Boston Massacre
100
Colonists seized and burned one customs ship
The Gaspee Incident
100
What happened in 1777
When was the Articles of Confederation made?
100
Britain abandons policy of slautary neglect and excercises more _______
control
200
Militia who are ready in minutes
Who are minute men?
200
First military engagements of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. Marked the outbreakof openarmed conflict between Britain and 13 colonies.
Battle of Lexington and Concord
200
In December 1773 colonists raided Boston Harbor and threw tea overboard
What is the Boston Tea Party
200
Branches of modern day government
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
200
Britain issues what that allows officials to search homes and ships without warrants
writs of assistance
300
Men were starving, exposed to elements, and suffering from smallpox
Who are Washington's men at Saratoga
300
Battle took place on June 17, 1775 around Breed's Hill during the siege of Boston early in the American Revolution
Battle of Bunker Hill
300
Turning point of the revolution
Saratoga, New York
300
Tea Acts of 1773
This gave the British East India Company exclusive control on tea in America
300
this raised taxes on raw sugar and molasses
the Sugar Act 1764
400
Marquis de Lafayette and Freidrich von Steuben
Patriots get military training from these people
400
In Pennsylvania where George Washington and American continental army spent the winter of 1777-1778
Valley Forge
400
In 1781, the new secretary of finance created the ____ of North America
Bank
400
Quartering Act
What was the act that ordered local governments of the American colonies to provide British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing?
400
this required a stamp on all legal documents, newspapers, license, and cards
stamp act
500
Shays Rebellion
Shays led a group of farmers in a revolt over the high state taxes
500
adopted by the continental congress on July 4, 1776 which announced that the thirteen colonies regarded themselves as 13 independent states
Declaration of Indepence
500
The british goal was to cut New England off from the rest of the colonies and control what
trade
500
Punish colonists for their defiance
What did the Intolerable Acts do?
500
British passed the ________ act requiring colonists to house and care for British soldiers in their homes.
Quartering Act
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