This person was a lawyer, defended the British at one time, and helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence.
John Adams
100
This act placed a tax on tea.
The Tea Act.
100
The first British victory in the Revolutionary War.
Lexington
100
This was issued by Great Britain after the French & Indian War which set aside all land in the Ohio River Valley for Native Americans.
Proclamation of 1763
100
This was the first colonial agreement that set up government with the consent of England.
The Mayflower Compact
200
This philosopher came up with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
John Locke
200
This act placed a tax on imported lead, glass, paper, paint and tea.
The Townshend Act
200
This war was fought between the British, colonists, French and Native Americans.
The French and Indian War
200
What the French and British fought over in the French and Indian War?
Ohio River Valley.
200
This is a group of people who come together to meet and discuss issues
Congress
300
This person was an inventor, scientists, diplomat, politician, and statesman.
Ben Franklin
300
This required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
The Quartering Act
300
The first colonial or American victory in the Revolutionary War.
Concord
300
The reason the colonists fought the British in the Revolutionary War.
Colonists wanted their independence or freedom from Britain.
300
This is where courts made laws in the best interest of customs and traditions.
English Common Law
400
This person died in the Boston Massacre and was the first African American hero of the war?
Crispus Attucks
400
This required colonists to pay taxes on sugar, coffee, molasses, indigo and whale fins.
Sugar Act
400
Colonists dressed as Native Americans to board British ships
and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston Tea Party
400
Why colonists needed to pay taxes after the French and Indian War?
Britain wanted them to help pay off the war debt.
400
This document allowed nobles to take away powers of the king and form the Great Council (parliament).
Magna Carta
500
Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Patrick Henry
500
This required colonists to buy stamps or seals for most paper goods, playing cards, pamphlets, calendars, documents, etc.
The Stamp Act
500
Colonists protested the collection of taxes and threw snowballs at British guards. Five colonists were killed and many others were wounded in this event.
Boston Massacre
500
How the colonists felt after seeing Paul Revere's engraved picture of the Boston Massacre?
mad or angry
500
This was the last attempt by Congress to restore harmony between Great Britain and the colonies