This law stopped colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains in 1763
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
100
Parliament passed an act requiring the taxing of paper products sold in America. This was known as:
What was The Stamp Act?
100
Two battles in New Jersey helped to turn the tide of the war by inflicting surprising defeats on unsuspecting British troops.
What were Trenton and Princeton?
100
Boycotts of British goods in Boston were enforced by:
What were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
100
The British General whose colonel surrendered at Yorktown in 1781 because he was too ashamed to surrender himself.
Who was Lord Cornwallis?
200
The British Parliament passed an act that placed a duty, or import tax, on molasses and another famous sweetener used in cooking.
What was the Sugar Act?
200
Who said: "Give me liberty or give me death?"
Who was Patrick Henry?
Little known: He then said, "Give me a mint for I have bad breath!"
200
The future U.S. President who represented British soldiers in a major Boston trial was also on the committee to write The Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Adams?
200
The African-American poet who gained fame by writing the poem, "To His Majesty George Washington". She was the first African-American to publish a book in America.
Who was Phillis Wheatley?
200
Name a famous patriot who rode to warn militias in Lexington and Concord that the "regulars" were coming.
Who was Paul Revere?
300
In 1765,Parliament passed an act making colonists pay for food and housing for British troops stationed in America.
What was the Quartering Act?
300
Britain strongly attempted to enforce tax acts with a series of laws.
What were the Townshend Acts? (Pronounced Townsend)
300
One main cause of the French and Indian War was:
Both Britain and France claiming control of the Ohio River Valley.
300
He was the most famous American in the world at the time. He was a writer, diplomat, scientist, inventor and printer. He served as Minister to France during the American Revolution.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
300
The major author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
400
In response to British taxes some colonial men and women organized a _______________ of British goods.
What is a boycott?
400
British soldiers killed five members of a colonial mob on March 5, 1770, in Boston. This came to be known as:
What was The Boston Massacre?
400
By using the slogan "Taxation Without Representation", some colonial leaders were protesting;
Lack of representation in British government.
400
The British king during the American Revolution.
Who was George III?
400
The main goal of the FIRST Continental Congress.
What is to try to reason with the British government and discuss problems?
500
In 1765 colonial delegates formed the Stamp Act Congress. They sent this document to King George III requesting several taxes be repealed.
What is a petition?
500
Many colonists resented British control because:
No representation in Parliament. Strict British control over colonial legislatures. Colonial governors, appointed by king, were sometimes resented.
500
A colonial leader of The Sons of Liberty was a master at raising the anger of Boston colonists with his writing and actions.
Who was Sam Adams?
500
The commander of the American Army throughout the revolution.
Who was George Washington?
500
A leading revolutionary writer and wife of colonial leader killed at Bunker Hill.