Set taxes on sugar and molasses imported by the colonists
Sugar Act
100
Was quoted saying "No taxation without Representation"
Samuel Adams
100
A refusal to buy something (Usually done by people in a group)
Boycott
100
An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people
The Boston Massacre
100
Local militia who got their name because they were ready to fight in a minute's notice
Minutemen
200
Required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal when they bought paper items
Stamp Act
200
Silversmith who warned the colonists that the British were coming before the Battle at Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
200
Created by Samuel Adams in which its members shared ideas and information about the new British laws and ways to challenge them
Committees of Correspondence
200
Colonists disguised as Native Americans sneaked onto the three tea-filled ships and dumped over 340 chests into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
200
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued the citizens, not kings and queens, should make laws
"Common Sense"
300
Placed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
Townshend Acts
300
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
300
A secret society organized in Boston that led protests that sometimes used violence to frighten tax collectors
Sons of Liberty
300
Battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British Army
Battle of Bunker Hill
300
Foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay
Mercenaries
400
Allowed the British East India company to sell tea directly to the Colonists which made small businesses in the colonies go out of business.
Tea Act
400
Major General from France who came to help the Continental Army fight against the British and skillful tactician
Marquis de Lafayette
400
Soldiers from all the colonies who carried out the fight against Great Britain
Continental Army
400
George Washington surprised the British on Christmas night by crossing the Delaware River and attacked their camp taking over 900 prisoners
Battle of Trenton
400
Camp during the winter months of the American Revolution where Washington's troops were
Valley Forge
500
Required colonists to house British soldiers
Quartering Act
500
Experienced officer from Prussia who started training American troops to drill
Frederich von Steuben
500
Gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies in America
First Continental Congress
500
The turning point of the Revolutionary War as Benedict Arnold led the American forces to capture British General John Burgoyne's entire army in a swarm
The Battle of Saratoga
500
Naval Hero who captured many British warships for the Americans, he was previously a pirate