Important People
Important Events
Reasons for the War
Vocabulary
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100
He was chosen to lead the continental army.
Who is George Washington.
100
These were the first two battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord.
100
This war (BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION) was very expensive, and King George decided the Americans should pay for it with taxes.
What is the French and Indian War
100

A complaint in the Declaration of Independence

Grievance

100

An army that is made up of regular citizens, not professional soldiers

militia

200
He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200

This event took place during a harsh winter and tested the Continental Army

Valley Forge

200
This was a tax on all printed goods in America
What is the Stamp Act
200
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine stated that Americans need to stop fooling around and fight back against England!
What is Common Sense.
200

What the colonists did when the British created taxes on paint, lead, glass, and tea

Boycott

300
He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston
Who is Samuel Adams
300

Laws that were passed after the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists

The Intolerable Acts

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

Group of colonists in Boston that were Patriots fighting against unfair British taxes

Sons of Liberty

300

Name of the French military leader who helped the colonists during the American Revolution

Lafayette

400

A "Son of Liberty" who gave a speech at the Second Continental Congress crying out "Give me Liberty, or Give me death!"

Patrick Henry

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

A law that prevented the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

Proclamation of 1763

400

At which event was Washington named the General of the Continental Army?

Second Continental Congress

500

Publicized an image of the Boston Massacre and was made famous for a famous warning

Paul Revere

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, including Crispus Attucks.
What is the Boston Massacre
500

Idea that the colonies existed to help the "Mother Country" make a profit

Mercantilism

500
What was the name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris.
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