Important People
Name that Act.
Famous Battles
Important Documents
Bonus
100
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Who is the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence "all men created equal" ?
100
What is the Sugar act.
This "sweet act" is also known as the American Revenue Act?
100
What is Saratogo
This was a series of battles, turning point for the Patriots when the French come to there aid.?
100
What is the Declaration of Independence.
Drawn up by our fore fathers this document claimed freedom from British control?
100
What is the Treaty of Paris
This treaty was signed in 1783 and ended any British control of the thirteen colonies?
200
Who is Benjamin Franklin
This electric inventor also signed the Declaration of Independence?
200
The Stamp Act
This "letter" act required all items to carry taxes on any printed material?
200
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle was a moral victory, it showed the patriots might actually might have a chance at winning?
200
What is the U.S Constitution.
This document is the source of all government structure and control in our country?
200
What is the Loyalists
This term is used to describe those colonists who sided with the British during the American Revolution?
300
Who is George Washington
This person was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
300
What is the Tea Act.
This act caused a group to dump tea all in Boston harbor?
300
What is the battle of Yorktown
This was the last and final battle of bloodshed, and where General Cornwallis met his defeat.
300
What is the Bill of Rights
This bill does not have the faces of any presidents on it, but it contains the first ten Amendments to the Constitution?
300
What is the Patriots
This term is used to describe the people against British rule?
400
Who is John Adams
This man signed the Declaration of Independence before being elected as the 2nd President?
400
The Intolerable Act
Acts passed in 1774 that closed the Boston Harbor, dissolved the Massachusetts assembly?
400
What is the Battle of Yorktown and and Concord
These "2" battles were the first of bloodshed seen through out the American Revolution?
400
What is the Articles of Confederations
This short lived document was the original Constitution of the United States?
400
This was when the British thought there were more loyalist in the south
What is Southern Strategy?
500
Who is Paul Revere
This person made the famous midnight ride to warn the minutemen about the British?
500
What is the Townshend Acts.
This act paid salaries to governs and judges to keep them loyal to the crown?
500
What is the Battle of Monmouth
This battle took place in New Jersey, and Both the Americans and the British claimed victory.
500
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This document laid out rules for how parts of the territory could eventually become states, and it made the way for new states to be added to the Union with the same rights and status as already-existing state?
500
Common Sense by Thomas Pain
This document aimed to turn Americans away from taxation and more towards the structure of the government?
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