Important People
Early Conflicts and Battles
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
Someone who wants their own freedom and their own country
What is a patriot.
100
Which two countries fought during the American Revolution?
What are England and America (The 13 Colonies)
200

He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.



DD

Who is Thomas Jefferson

200

The first major conflict with bloodshed.

What is the Boston Massacre?

200
This was a tax on all printed goods in America
What is the Stamp Act
200

Someone who supported King George III

DD

What is a loyalist.

200

Who became our first American President and who became our third American president?

Who are George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?

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

The Americans lost these battles but taught the British that it was not going to be easy to defeat the Americans.

What is the Battle of Breeds and Bunker Hill?

300

This was the act that let soldiers search homes or shops at any time without a warrant.


DD

What is the Writs of Assistance?

300
The document that stated America is their own free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
300

Who was a silversmith as well as a political cartoonist and an engraver of the picture of the Boston Massacre?


DD

Paul Revere

400

He went to France to ask them for help. He also created the U.S. Postal Service and was part of the Continental Congress.


DD

Who is Benjamin Franklin.

400

The act that allowed for soldiers to live in the homes of the colonists.

What is the Quartering Act?

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 pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine stated that Americans need to stop fooling around and fight back against England!

DD

What is Common Sense.

400

What French Nobleman fought with the Americans and gave financial assisstance also?


DD

Marquis de Lafayette

500

He was the teacher turned spy for the patriots but was caught and killed by the British.


DD

Who is Nathan Hale?

500

This Act resulted in riots in Boston led by Samuel Adams.


DD

What is the Stamp Act?

500

The Patriots called them the Intolerable Acts.


DD

What are the Coercive Acts?

500

These were German soldiers that were hired by the British to fight during the American Revolution.


DD

What are Hessians.

500

Who said " I am not a Virginian, but an American"?

Patrick Henry

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