Acts and Taxes
Treaty of Paris
Fighting in the North
Major Battles
Women
100
This act would not allow goods to be transported unless it was on a British ship. Its purpose was to make England more money.
What is Navigation Acts
100
John Adams, John Jay and ________________ went to France to settle the treaty.
What is Ben Franklin
100
This petition pledged loyalty to the King in exchange for removal of the Intolerable acts.
What is Olive Branch Petition
100
After this battle the French recognized the US as a country and pledged their support
What is Saratoga
100
This woman was a spy and soldier
What is Deborah Sampson
200
These acts closed down the Boston harbor, put troops in peoples homes, and was the result of the Boston Tea Party
What is Intolerable Acts.
200
After the war, this land was given to army veterans.
Everything west of the Appalachians
200
This group of people were vigilantes who fought in Vermont. They took over a British fort and secured a trade route with Canada.
What is Green Mountain Boys.
200
This is the camp site, 20 miles outside of Philidephia Pennsylvania, that George Washington and his men made camp for a harsh Winter.
What is Valley Forge
200
This woman sewed the first flag
What is Betsy Ross
300
These acts placed taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead and tea. As a result some colonists protested and 5 were killed at the Boston Massacre.
What is Townshend Acts
300
Britain had to recognize the US as a free country and remove ________ as part of the treaty.
Troops
300
This is the site of the "shot heard round the world"
What is Lexington and Concord.
300
These are soldiers for hire. They were German
What is Hessians
300
This woman was the wife of a president and wanted more rights for women.
What is Abigail Adams
400
This term means to refuse to buy
What is boycott
400
This was the form of government the US had after the treaty was over.
Articles of Confederation.
400
This battle was the first major battle and took place near Boston. After three charges the British finally took over the Hill.
What is Battle of Bunker Hill
400
At this battle the Americans crossed the Delaware River n Christmas night and defeated the enemy without a single casualty.
What is Battle of Trenton
400
This woman carried water around the battlefield, fought on a cannon battery, and earned the title Sargent.
What is Molly Pitcher
500
This Act placed a tax on nearly all printed materials and resulted in the colonists uniting under the ____________ Congress
What is Stamp Act
500
What was wrong with the articles of confederation
It would not allow the country to unify.
500
These men had ordinary jobs but at a moments notice would unite under as a militia.
What is Minutemen
500
This battle was the last one of the revolution and resulted in British surrender
What is Yorktown.
500
This woman was a writer of plays and poems, a friend to Abigail Adams and thought women would have more rights after independence
What is Mercy Ottis Warren
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