diplomat who represented the colonies in London (also discovered electricity, etc.)
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
1765, King George placed this tax on all documents
What is the Stamp Act?
100
The colonists rebelled against the Stamp Act by doing this to some of the collection agents.
What is tarring and feathering?
100
Disrespectful name given to the British soldiers, due to the color of their uniforms
What is Redcoats?
100
The name of the war for America's independence from Great Britain
What is the Revolutionary War (or the American Revolution)
200
Born in England; called the "Father of the American Revolution"; wrote "Common Sense."
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion against tax left in place just to show the colonists that Britain could tax them.
What is the tax on tea?
200
Name given to Americans who fought for independence because of their loyalty to America
What is Patriots?
200
Freedom to rule oneself rather than being ruled by someone else
What is independence?
300
Loudly opposed the tyranny of George III; led the "Sons of Liberty."
Who is Samuel Adams?
300
1770, 5 American civilians were killed by British soldiers, reportedly because of a disagreement about a wig.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
These "last straw" acts were enacted to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party; they included the right of British soldiers to take over colonists' property for housing soldiers.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300
Name given to the significant number of people who believed that it was better to be ruled by England (Britain)
What is Loyalists?
300
In 1776, America consisted of only this many colonies
What is 13?
400
Chosen as general of the American troops; later became the first president
Who is George Washington?
400
1773, colonists dressed as Mohawks boarded a British ship in Boston Harbor and dumped tons of tea into the water.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
400
A well-known American spy, he rode through the streets of Massachusetts warning the residents that the British were coming.
Who was Paul Revere?
400
Another name for England
What is Great Britain?
400
These are reasons the Americans would not have been expected to win the war
What are: having inferior weapons, untrained soldiers, limited resources?
500
The tyrannical king of England who treated the American colonists like "bad children"
Who is George III?
500
1776; this was written as a document from the colonists to King George III stating that it was now time for the colonists to declare their freedom.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
The "shot heard around the world" resulted when the colonists stood their ground in these two cities, the site of the first battle of the war.
What are Lexington and Concord?
500
The war that caused England to be in debt, thus inspiring the "taxation without representation" that led to the rebellion and revolution
What is the French and Indian War?
500
This is probably the main reason that the Americans defeated the British
What is the fact that they were fighting for their freedom?