Americans who supported the British during the Revolution.
What are loyalists?
100
This banned the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100
He defended the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
100
This rich patriot wanted to become Commander in Chief of the colonists' army even though he had zero military experience. He is better know for his signature.
Who is John Hancock?
100
This is John Adams' reason for having Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence.
What is Jefferson was from Virginia and was more likeable than Adams?
200
This was repealed after angry protests and boycotts doomed its success. Britain just kind of "mailed it in."
What is the Stamp Act?
200
This placed a tax on things such as molasses in 1765.
What is the Sugar Act of 1765?
200
This famous phrase meant that colonists wanted to have a voice in parliament but they currently did not.
What is No Taxation Without Representation?
200
This first official battle was a loss for the Americans but actually cost the British more.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
The name for those who keep their guns with them no matter what they are doing so that they can respond quickly to danger.
What are minutemen?
300
This important group of decision-makers chose Washington to lead the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
These GROUPS protested the actions of Britain's Parliament. They did things like bother customs agents, burn "dummies" that hung from trees, and encouraged women to make their own tea instead of buying British brands.
What are the Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty?
300
The two names used for the laws put in place by King George III after the 1773 event in which men dressed as Indians destroyed British property.
What are the Coercive Acts and the Intolerable Acts?
300
This is the number of colonists who died at Lexington Square?
What is eight?
300
This is Patrick Henry's most famous sentence.
What is "Give me liberty or give me death"?
400
This group of decision-makers agreed to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed?
What is the First Continental Congress?
400
Because Great Britain made it easier for one of its own companies to sell tea, and caused difficulties to colonial tea sellers, the colonists reacted with these. One of these is particularly famous.
What are tea parties?
400
The First Continental Congress (Georgia was not there but did agree to the measures taken) did these two things.
What is ban all trade with Britain and tell each colony to begin training troops?
400
This is the name of the Germans who were hired by the British to fight in America.
What are the Hessians?
400
The names of the three Prime Ministers of England starting from the end of the French and Indian War.
Who are William Pitt, George Grenville, and Charles Townshend?
500
These were issued to allow British officers to search colonists' homes and businesses to crack down on smuggling.
What are writs of assistance?
500
Paul Revere's picture showing the Boston Massacre is likely not historically accurate. This is an example of using this technique.
What is propaganda?
500
He is the African American who rode the same night as Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott.
Who is Wentworth Cheswell?
500
This small book said that America should follow its own destiny and not be attached to a mother country such as England.
What is Common Sense?
500
The committee of five who together created the Declaration of Independence.
Who are Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams?