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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

 What word means "too painful or hard to be accepted"?

What is "intolerable"?

200
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?
200

Which group of colonists led a protest by dumping chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor?

Who are "The Sons of Liberty"?

200

What word means "someone who feels love and devotion to their country"?

What is a "patriot"?

200

What word means "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

What word means "confidence, level of enthusiasm someone feels"?

What is "morale"?

300

He was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) were coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Who is Paul Revere?

300

A group of military ships that sail under the same commander is called...

What is a "fleet"?

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
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?
400
He was the Boston lawyer that defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. He wanted to prove that colonial courts were fair.
Who is John Adams?
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
During the battle, France ended up joining the colonists and helped to send supplies to colonial soldiers.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
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

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

List two ways lesser-known people helped the Continental Army win the American Revolution

What are:

-spying on the British

-sending money

-taking care of sick and wounded soldiers

-fighting in the war

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 JEOPARDY!!!!

What word means "leading to a complete change"?

What is "revolutionary"?

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