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The Daughters of Liberty showed their support for independence by
What is boycotting British goods?
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• served as an American representative in England
• served as the Minister to France
• signed the Declaration of Independence
• invented bi-focal glasses and the lightning rod
• wrote Poor Richard's Almanac
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
Which of the following was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
What is Battle of Lexington?
100
What was Paul Revere's role in the battles of Lexington and Concord?
He warned Americans that British soldiers were on their way from Boston.
100
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
to announce freedom from Great Britain
200
What was the name of the new tax that required American colonists to pay more for every piece of printed paper they used?
What is the stamp act?
200
Who was the British king who lost all of the 13 colonies during the American Revolutionary War?
Who is King George III?
200
Why did the Battle of Saratoga happen where it did?
The Americans used the Hudson River to block the British army.
200
What was the main reason enslaved African Americans agreed to fight against the British during the Revolutionary War?
They were promised their freedom.
200
Which of the following was the final major battle of the Revolutionary War?
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
300
The dumping of 342 chests of beverage leaves into Boston Harbor was the colonists' showing they opposed which of the following?
What is the Tea Act?
300
Who was the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
Who is George Washington?
300
Which of the following revolutionary leaders led his forces to victory in the Battle of Saratoga?
Who is Benedict Arnold?
300
The Battle of Lexington took place as the British army was marching on its way to which of the following towns?
What is Concord?
300
Why did the American colonists have an advantage over the British at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The British had to travel many miles to fight the battle.
400
An event that became known as the Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. On this day, British soldiers fired on and killed
What is the unarmed colonists?
400
• second president of the U.S.
• first president to live in the White House
• vice president under George Washington
• one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Adams?
400
Why did the American colonists have an advantage over the British at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The British had to travel many miles to fight the battle.
400
Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
What did Patrick Henry disagree with?
What is taxation without representation?
500
What happened as a result of the French and Indian War?
What is France gave up all of its land in what is now the United States?
500
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
The colonists who fought at the Battle of Yorktown were helped by the navy of which country?
Who was France?
500
Which of the following was the main reason that American colonists opposed the Stamp Act of 1765?
The act was taxation without representation.
500
The picture above is a famous image from before the American Revolution. It shows the Boston Massacre. In the picture, British soldiers are firing into a crowd of innocent American colonists. The picture was originally an engraving created by Paul Revere.What was most likely Paul Revere's reason for creating the engraving above?
to increase support for the American Revolution