Important People
Important Battles
Reasons for the War
Vocabulary
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100
He was chosen to lead the continental army and was the first US President.
Who is George Washington.
100
These were the first two battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord.
100
This Act stated colonists could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains (essentially set a border for the 13 colonies).
Proclamation Act
100
Individuals that led our country during the American Revolution that founded our country
Who are the Founding Fathers?
100
What role do the Appalachian Mountains play to the 13 colonies
Act as a border for expansion
Natural barrier
etc.
200
He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
The first major English win in which they kept the colonists out of Boston. Both sides lost a great deal of soldiers (largest death toll in American Revolution).
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill.
200
This was a tax on all printed goods in America, and Americans felt they had no representation in the government
What is the Stamp Act
200
Someone who fought for freedom and break away from England
What is a patriot or colonist?
200
The picture depicts what famous event in US history?
Boston Massacre
300
Wrote the Star Spangled Banner
OR
Sewed the first American Flag
Francis Scott Key
OR
Betsy Ross
300
Losers of American Revolution
Who is England
300
This was the law that required colonists to allow British soldiers into their homes to eat and sleep.
What is the Quartering Act.
300
The document that stated America is their own free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
300
What can be said about the battles with relation to the Revolutionary War
Answers will VARY.
400
He was a founding father. Created bifocals, vital in the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and is on the $100
Who is Benjamin Franklin.
400
The turning point of the war, when the Americans start to take the lead.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
400
This was the event in which many Patriots boarded a British ship and destroyed all of the product on board.
What is the Boston Tea Party
400
This act stated the US could only trade with Britain
What is the Navigation Act?
400
This quote could not BE MORE TRUE, but why did the stamp act matter?!
Answers will vary
500
He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence in BIG FAT LETTERS.
Who is John Hancock.
500
The final battle of the War in which England surrenders.
What is the Battle of Yorktown 1781.
500
This was the event when British soldiers fired into the crowd, killing innocent civilians, and off-duty minutemen.
What is the Boston Massacre
500
Name a battle or person AND the significance
Answers will vary...
500
What does Thomas Paine mean by this quote?
Fight back?
Overthrow tyranny?
Don't let corruption defeat democracy?
etc.