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100
When you refuse to buy or use certain goods or services. This is what the colonists did to goods from Great Britain.
What is boycott?
100
This war between the French and British was caused by American colonists settling in the French controlled Ohio River Valley west of the Appalachian Mountains. The British won this war but suffered heavy debt as a result. At the end of this war, the King issued the Proclamation of 1763 which forbid the colonists from crossing the Appalachians.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
These skirmishes (battles) marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. King George III sent British soldiers to destroy patriot supplies and weapons. The Americans learned of the King's plan and successfully pushed the British back to Boston.
What are the Skirmishes of Lexington and Concord?
100
This American patriot was famous for his quote "Give me liberty or give me death!" If he could not have his freedom from Great Britain, he would rather be dead.
Who is Patrick Henry?
100
This document officially ended the American Revolution. This document gave the Americans all of the land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains as well as recognizing American Independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
200
This was a letter-writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies. This allowed them to share secret information about the British around the colonies.
What are committees of correspondence?
200
This law required colonists to pay a special tax on all paper products in the American colonies. This tax law was meant to help pay for British soldiers in the colonies. Americans were angered because they were not used to paying taxes to Great Britain and they lacked representation in Parliament.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
This document was written by Thomas Jefferson and was approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This document listed colonial grievances against King George III and declared the independence of the American colonists. This document formed the United States of America.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
This military leader from France lead French forces in the American Revolution. He helped train American soldiers and provided blankets and warm clothes to the Americans at Valley Forge.
Who is Marquis de Layfayette?
200
This was the main source of anger for the American colonists. This phrase was echoed around the American colonies and reflected their belief that only their colonial assemblies could control them.
What is Taxation without Representation?
300
This was the term used to describe the American colonists who fought against the British during the Revolutionary War.
What are patriots?
300
At this event, colonists argued with British soldiers guarding the British Custom House (Tax Office). The argument turned violent and British soldiers started firing into the crowd. At the end of the night, 5 American colonists were dead, including Crispus Attucks.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution. The American patriots won this battle which convinced the French to support the Americans in the war for independence from Great Britain.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300
This author wrote "Common Sense," which greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence. In this pamphlet, this author convinced Americans why they needed their independence. He also wrote "The Crisis" which was read to American soldiers at Valley Forge, inspiring them to continue fighting.
Who is Thomas Paine?
300
After declaring independence, the Americans created this document which was the first constitution of the United States. It governed the United States from 1781 - 1787. However, this document was very weak and did not provide much authority to the central government. Under this document, the central government could not tax, could not have a national military, and no system of national courts.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
These are the American colonists who supported or were loyal to the British during the Revolutionary War.
What are loyalists?
400
This event was in response to the Tea Act, which required American colonists to buy their tea from the British East India Company. This meant colonists could not boycott paying the British Tea Tax. Angry colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. In total, they destroyed $1.7 million worth of tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
400
This event greatly tested the Americans will to continue fighting. General Washington read "The Crisis" to American soldiers - "These are the times that try men's souls." Washington reminded the patriots what they were fighting for - their independence and freedom.
What is the Winter at Valley Forge?
400
This American patriot was member of the Committee of Correspondence in Boston. He helped organize the Boston Tea Party and convinced many Americans to join the patriot cause.
Who is Samuel Adams?
400
This cause of the American Revolution angered colonists because it forbid them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. The King declared this because he wanted to avoid war breaking out between the Americans and the Native Americans.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
500
Army of everyday citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency.
What is militia?
500
This act (law) was designed to punish the American colonists for their role in the Boston Tea Party. This act closed Boston harbor until the tea was repaid and ended Massachusetts' tradition of self-government. This act was viewed by many colonists as the breaking point for British intrusion.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
This battle marked the final battle of the American Revolution. President Washington trapped British General Cornwallis on a peninsula in Virginia. Cornwallis could not escape because the French had established a naval blockade. Cornwallis was forced to surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
This man, who helped Thomas Jefferson and John Adams write the Declaration of Independence, was a diplomat to France and helped win their support in helping the Americans gain their independence from Great Britain.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
This man helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence and was a delegate at the First and Second Continental Congress. His wife, Abigail, asked him to "remember the ladies." He was a very well known member of Boston society and defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
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