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100
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper. The tax was put into place to have the colonists pay Britain back for their help during the French and Indian War.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
This event happened when a group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
The colonists were so upset about the tax on tea that they several Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This word means freedom from being ruled by someone else.
What is "independence"?
200
freedoms protected by the law or government
What are "rights"?
200
One that wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a "patriot"?
200
These were the people that supported Britain and King George.
What are "loyalists"?
200
This word means the defeat of an army.
What is "victory"?
200
This is someone who is disloyal to his or her country.
What is a "traitor"?
300
This battle was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is sometimes called "The shot heard 'round the world".
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
300
He helped to edit the Declaration of Independence. He also assisted the colonial army by getting supplies from France. He represented the colonists when signing the Treaty of Paris.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
This is the crime that some were accused of because they were fighting against their own government (King George III).
What is "treason"?
300
His was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
300
This document was written to King George III stating that the colonies wanted their independence and that they should have rights.
What is the Declaration of independence?
400
He was the Patriot that made the angry speech against the Stamp Act. His famous quote is "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
He was the one that shared many of his ideas about the colonists' independence by writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
He was first on the side of the colonists and then switched sides to support Britain. He is known for being a traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
400

She was a heroine of the American Revolution. After being shot twice, she managed to dig one of the bullets out herself, living to tell the tale.

Who is Deborah Sampson?

400
He wrote a pamphlet (or small book) called "Common Sense" to get the colonists to see why they needed to be free of Britain's rule.
Who is Thomas Paine?
500

What short story, set in the American Revolution time, told of a ghost of a Hessian soldier who visited the site of his last battle?

What is Sleepy Hollow?

500
This is where the colonial army spent a long, cold winter fighting off disease and hunger. Washington, however, helped the troops to keep going.
What is Valley Forge?
500
This was the last official battle of the American Revolution. This British surrendered and the colonists won the war for their independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The colonies loved his leadership so much that they made him the first official President of the colonies.
Who is George Washington?
500

DOUBLE POINTS.... Who was the man who was an American spy, who was hung by the British for treason?

Who was Nathan Hale?

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