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100
Delegate from Virginia at the second Continental Congress, who wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the 3rd president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
Colonists who wanted independence from Britian
Who are the Patriots/Whigs?
100
Halved the duty on foreign made molasses, placed duties on certain imports, and strengthened the enforcement of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admiralty court
What is the Sugar Act?
100
Commanding general of the British forces that were defeated at Yorktown in 1781, ending the American Revolution
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
100

September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts

What is the First Continental Congress?

200
An American delegate who signed the treaty of Paris and became the first chief justice of the supreme court
Who is John Jay?
200
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence 
Who are the Loyalists/Tories?
200
March 24, 1765 - required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies
What is the Quartering Act?
200
Successful American general during the Revolution who turned traitor in 1780 and joined the British
Who is Benedict Arnold?
200

The idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property

What are natural rights?

300

Patriot leader of the second continental congress and the first person to sign the declaration of independence.

Who is John Hancock?
300
A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
What is a boycott?
300
Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies
What are the Navigation Acts?
300
British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777
Who is John Burgoyne?
300

Taxing the colonies while the colonists had no direct representatives in Parliament 

What is taxation without representation?

400
A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American Colonies
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver by selling more goods than they bought
What is mercantilism?
400
Laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea
What are the Townshend Acts?
400
Americas first vice president and second president, sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts
Who is John Adams?
400

A radical political organization formed after the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used both peaceful and violent means of protest

Who are the Sons of Liberty?

500
King of England, levied taxes even though he knew colonists would hate it, passed Quartering Act
Who is King Henry III
500
German soldiers who fought for the British
Who are the Hessians?
500
Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases
What is the Declaratory Act?
500
Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense 
Who is Thomas Paine?
500

A military organization formed by Benjamin Franklin which formed fighting units in Pennsylvania and erected two batteries on the Delaware River

Who is The Association?

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