Road to Revolution
Founding Fathers
Revolutionary Battles
Colonial Life
Friend or Foe?
100
This 1765 law required colonists to buy special stamped paper for newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
This writer, scientist, and Founding "Grandfather" was the most world-famous American during the 1700s.
Who was Ben Franklin?
100
The "shot heard 'round the world" kicked off these first battles of the Revolutionary War in two small towns outside Boston.
What are Lexington & Concord?
100
This addictive plant grew well in the fields of colonies like Virginia, becoming a crucial piece of their economies.
What is tobacco?
100
Americans were divided between "patriots," fighting for independence, and this other group, who wanted to remain with Britain.
Who are Loyalists?
200
This shocking event in 1770 saw British soldiers shoot into a crowd of rioters in Massachusetts, killing five, including Crispus Attucks.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
This young Virginian wrote the Declaration of Independence at just 33 years old.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
After a large British army surrendered at this location in Virginia, America's victory in the Revolutionary War was effectively guaranteed.
Where is Yorktown?
200
This small English ship brought the first Pilgrims to America where they set up a colony at Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower?
200
This old enemy of Britain also provided some aid to the American Revolution, sending ships and soldiers from its massive colonial empire in Latin America.
What is Spain?
300
The Sons of Liberty dumped over $1 million worth of this product into Boston Harbor on the night of December 16, 1773.
What is tea?
300
This Massachusetts lawyer defended the British soldiers put on trial for the killing of 5 men in a 1770 riot.
Who is John Adams?
300
This painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware shows the American army's successful surprise attack on this famous holiday night.
What is Christmas (Eve)?
300
Enslaved Africans were brought to South Carolina in large numbers so colonial plantation owners could make money off their skills at growing this food.
What is rice?
300
This young aristocrat traveled across the Atlantic to join Washington's army at age 19, becoming one of the most beloved figures of the Revolutionary War.
Who is Lafayette?
400
This first gathering of representatives from all thirteen colonies would eventually turn into the nation's first government after they declared independence.
What is the (Continental) Congress?
400
This founding father fought the first battle of the French & Indian War as a 22-year old officer before going on to even bigger and better things.
Who was George Washington?
400
This old German officer played a crucial role in training the American army at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron (Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr) von Steuben?
400
This colony was founded by Quakers, whose strong commitment to peace & tolerance made it one of the most diverse places in America.
What is Pennsylvania?
400
This former foe became America's greatest ally in the fight for independence, providing crucial support at sea against the British navy.
What is France?
500
By prohibiting colonists from settling west of these mountains after 1763, the British government greatly angered American colonists for the first time.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
500
This radical writer was the first American to put the idea of independence into people's minds through his best-selling Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
500
This major port city was under British control from 1776 - 1783, serving as the headquarters for all colonists and soldiers loyal to the British crown.
Where is New York City?
500
This lucrative but harsh business network carried cash crops, tools, weapons, and even millions of enslaved people across the Atlantic Ocean during colonial times.
What is the triangular trade?
500
The Declaration of Independence did not hold back when attacking this British king for 27 different "abuses" against the American colonies.
Who was George III?