Before the War
Acts
British
Patriots
Battles
100
This prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
100
Tax on paper goods
What is the Stamp Act
100
The nickname given to the redcoats
What is the Lobsterbacks
100
Leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
100
Winning this battle is known as the turning point in the American Revolution
What is Saratoga
200
Name of the British leader who wanted to keep control over colonists
Who is King George III
200
Tax on molasses, sugar...
What is the Sugar Act
200
Colonist who left the side of the patriots and joined the British (traitor)
Who is Benedict Arnold
200
Besides Paul Revere, name one other patriot who warned the colonists that the British were coming
Who is Prescott or Dawes
200
Known as the start of the American Revolution. "The shot heard around the world" took place here.
What is Lexington and Concord
300
King George III and Parliament taxed the colonists for this reason.
What is to pay off debt from the French and Indian War
300
The tax that caused the Boston Tea Party
What is the Tea Act
300
Name of the British commander who surrendered to General Washington at the end of the war
Who is General Cornwallis
300
The patriot man who defended the British involved in the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams
300
The battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought here
What is Breeds Hill
400
The skirmish that killed only 5 colonists, but was publicized in the newspaper very differently.
What is the Boston Massacre
400
Besides the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act, name 3 other Acts imposed by British Parliament
What is the Tea Act, Iron Act, Townshend Acts, Intolerable Acts, ...
400
British general who surrendered at the Battle of Saratoga
Who is John Burgoyne
400
Friend of George Washington who sewed the first American Flag
Who is Betsy Ross
400
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured this fort so they could take ammunition, cannons…etc
What is Fort Ticonderoga
500
What the colonists did in response to the Tea Act.
What is dressed as natives and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor (Boston Tea Party)
500
British tax collectors were often captured by colonists where they were "punished" by this method
What is tar and feathering
500
British soldiers were fighting for what country
What is England
500
Name of the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
500
The battle where General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington
What is Yorktown
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