Law passed by Britain giving the British East India Company a monopoly on tea
What is the Tea Act?
100
George Washington
Who is the leader of the Continental Army?
100
The battle in which the colonists were outnumbered but proved that the colonial militias could take on the British
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
100
The Proclamation of 1763
What was the action taken by King Gorge III that recognized the rights of Indians to land and prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians?
100
Loyalists
What is the name given to colonists who were against Independence and who were sympathetic to the British position?
200
Laws passed by Britain on products such as paper, glass, and tea
What were the Townshend Acts?
200
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
200
Battle of Trenton
What was the revolutionary battle in which the Patriot army came upon sleeping British troops and ultimately were successful and captured 900 prisoners ?
200
Patriots
What was the name for colonists who stood in opposition to the British and supported independence?
200
The firing of a weapon that triggered the start of the Revolutionary War
What was "the shot heard 'round the world?"
300
Laws passed in 1774 that stopped all trade between Boston and Britain, did not allow town meetings, and gave Britain control of the colony and strengthened the Quartering Act
What was Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts?
300
Paul Revere
Who took off on a horseback ride to alert the colonies of British military movements?
300
Saratoga
What is the name of the battle that is known as the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
300
The Middle Passage
What was the transportation of slaves from West African nations to the colonies?
300
Mercenaries
What is the term for the foreign soldiers that fought for the colonists against the British not out of loyalty but for pay?
400
Law that placed tax on any paper item in the colonies such as licenses, diplomas, contracts and even playing cards
What was The Stamp Act?
400
Redcoats
What was the name of the British Military soldiers?
400
Treaty of Paris of 1783
What is the name of the Peace agreement that ended the Revolutionary War?
400
France and Spain
Who were the foreign armies that helped the colonists defeat the British?
400
Native Americans, African Americans, and Women.
What are the three groups of colonists that were excluded from the Declaration of Independence?
500
The Boston Massacre
What was the incident where Five colonists were killed when British forces opened fire after being sent in to enforce the tax laws?
500
Minutemen
What was the name of the colonial militia that were trained and expected to be ready at a moment's notice?
500
The Battle of Yorktown.
What was the last major battle in the Revolutionary War?
500
The meeting held in May 1775 with delegates from the colonies that established the Continental Army and founded a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
500
"One if by land.....Two if by sea."
What is the Sons of Liberty signal for alerting the colonists of British troop movements?