Said that colonist would have to quarter soldiers in their homes.
What is the Quartering Act
100
Wrote the Articles of Confederation.
Who was John Dickinson?
100
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain.
Who were the Patriots?
100
German mercenary soldiers who fought for the British
Who were the Hessians?
100
A 1775 conflict between colonial minutemen & British soldiers attempting to take the colonists' large store of arms; began the war and was known as "The shot heard round the world".
What were the battles of Lexington and Concord?
200
Gave Canadian French Catholics a huge territory and made the colonists fear Catholicism would become the new state religion.
What was the Quebec Act?
200
Pledged loyalty to King George and requested his intervention in curbing Parliament's abusive exercise of power.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
200
British customs ship that ran aground in Rhode Island and was burned by locals.
What was the Gaspee
200
Colonists who were loyal to Britain
Who were loyalists or tories?
200
The turning point of the War for Independence.
What is Saratoga?
300
A series of acts to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party AKA The Intolerable Acts
What were the Coercive Acts?
300
Drafted at 1st Continental Congress in 1774 and stated that Parliament had no authority over internal Colonial affairs.
What is the Declaration of American Rights
300
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine that solidified public opinion of the king.
What is Common Sense?
300
Captured Fort Ticonderoga with the "Green Mountain Boys"
Who was Ethan Allen
300
Battles or raids where Patriots defeated Hessian forces on Christmas night 1776 and a few days later when Washington surprised the thinly defended supply base of Cornwallis. These were huge morale boosters for the Americans.
What were Trenton and Princeton?
400
Granted the East India Company a monopoly on the shipment and sale of English tea in America
What was the Tea Act of 1773?
400
Negotiated by members of the Congress this ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognized the United States as an independent nation
What is The Treaty of Paris, 1783?
400
Name is synonymous with traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
400
Commander who was ordered by General Washington to retrieve a British cannon from Ticonderoga
Who was Henry Knox?
400
British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
Who was John Burgoyne?
500
Abrogated the Massachusetts Charter of 1691 of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and gave its new royally-appointed governor wide-ranging powers.
What is the Massachusetts Government Act ?
500
Appointed by the congress to be the general in charge of the Southern army, this commander won at Saratoga but lost to Cornwallis at Camden
Who was Horatio Gates?
500
German who came to Valley Forge to serve as drillmaster to train the Continental Army
Who was Baron von Steuben?
500
Wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
500
Cornwallis snuck up behind Washington's camp at a creek near Philadelphia.