the battle known as the shot heard around the world
What is the battle of Lexington
100
The unalienable writes that a man is endowed by his creator
What is Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
100
The main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Jefferson
100
an act to raise money to pay back for British soldiers for protecting the colonist in the French and Indian War. Had to pay an extra fee for paper items
What is the Stamp Act
100
a European country that helped the colonist and the patriots may have never won without their help.
What is France
200
A British victory but more a loss for small amount of land, this battle gave the patriots hope that they could hold their own to the British; it actually took place on Breeds HILL
What is The battle of Bunker Hill
200
The number of grievances against King George III
What is 27 grievances
200
Was a soldier in the French and Indian War and later on became a very important General.
What is George Washington
200
A unjust murder of innocent colonials, on March 5 1770 and the killers were not punished
What is the Boston Massacre
200
European country that was enemies with the British from the French and Indian War.
What is Spanish
300
A battle between Hessians and Patriots on a well known holiday, one of the battles that kept the rebellion going
What is The Battle of Trenton
300
what two authors did Thomas Jefferson use their ideas in the constitution
What is Thomas Paine and John Locke
300
The riders who warned the people of Lexington and Concord
What is Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott and William Dawes
300
A quote used by Samuel Adams and others for Parliament making taxes without their consent
What is taxation without representation
300
these people were currently living in the colonies but were not English, the British let them fight for them to gain freedom and later on the patriots did the same
What is the blacks
400
this battle followed after another battle that kept the rebellion going, in January 1777.
What is The Battle of Princeton
400
Another document like the declaration that limited the king's power and gave power to the people. ( Think back to figure this one).
What is the Magna Carta
400
A famous wife who told her husband to not forget the woman in the Declaration of Independence
What is Abigail Adams
400
this act was called by the British the Coercive Act but got a different name from the colonist. This act was to pay for the dumped tea.
What is the Intolerable Acts
400
these people who lived in North America before any Europeans and they helped the patriots fight the british
What is Native Americans/ Indians
500
The greatest Patriot victory and the turning point in the Revolutionary War; James Thacher wrote, "This event will make one of the most brilliant pages of American history".
What is The Battle of Saratoga
500
the number of words in the Declaration of Independence.
What is 1,337
500
A Purssia officer who started training American troops and turned them into a real army; a historian called this mans feat " Perhaps the most remarkable achievement in rapid military training in the history of the world".
What is Baron Friedrich von Steuben
500
this act is not a well known act but it did cause the creation of the Committee of Correspondence
What is the Sugar Act
500
A third European country that wasn't one of the well known countries to help the patriots, they were rivals of the British