TIMELINE
PEOPLE
BATTLES
CAUSES
RANDOM
100
Lexington & Concord or the Battle of Bunker Hill
What is Lexington & Concord?
100
He led the Continental Army as Commander in Chief.
Who is George Washington?
100
Often called "the shot heard 'round the world", this is where the Revolutionary War officially started.
What is Lexington (& Concord)?
100
This war, fought several years earlier was a precursor to the American Revolutionary war.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
This was the weapon of the soldiers of the day?
What is a musket (black powder).
200
Patrick Henry's speech or the Battle of Yorktown
What is Patrick Henry's speech?
200
He rode to Lexington and Concord to warn that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
The colonists managed to defeat this British fort without firing a single shot.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
This act, enacted by the British Parliament, placed a tax on paper products and documents in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
Colonists dressed up as these during the Boston Tea Party.
What are Native Americans?
300
Alliance with Spain or the Alliance with France
What is the alliance with France?
300
He gave a famous speech to the House of Burgesses that convinced the colonists to fight Britain.
What is Patrick Henry?
300
The final battle of the revolution, this is where the British surrendered?
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
300
Upset by the monopoly of the British East India Trading Co, the colonist raided a boat and poured its contents into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
These are paid soldiers that fought for Britain?
What are mercenaries?
400
Boston Tea Party or Boston Massacre
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
Leader of the British army, he surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown.
Who is General Cornwallis?
400
The Colonial Army spent a long and difficult winter here. Many soldiers died because of the cold and lack of food?
What is Vally Forge?
400
Five unarmed colonists were killed here by British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
She delivered water to thirsty and wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
500
Battle of Saratoga or Battle of Yorktown
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
He was a member of the Sons of Liberty who wrote newspaper articles against the Stamp Act.
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
The colonial army staged a surprise attack here on Christmas?
What is the Battle of Trenton?
500
Because of this British law, the colonists were forced to offer food and shelter to British soldiers that asked for it.l
What is the Quartering Act?
500
After the French and Indian War, this happened. It stated that lands to the West of the Appalachian Mountains would be closed to colonial expansion.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
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