This law allowed the American colonies to only trade with England.
What is the Navigation Acts?
100
This letter was the last attempt made by the Continental Congress to make peace with King George III.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
100
Men who were ready to fight at a minute's notice.
Who are Minute Men?
100
The first official battle of the war in which Paul Revere warned the minute men that that British were coming.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
100
In 1770, a group of colonists harassed some British soldiers and this caused a riot in which 5 people died.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
British officers could search for smuggled goods without a warrant.
What is a Writ of Assistance?
200
This document was written by Thomas Paine and influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Common Sense?
200
He defended the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre and later helped write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Adams?
200
The British surrendered after being surrounded during this battle.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
200
The Continental Army suffered a harsh winter here, but they became more unified in their cause of freedom.
What is Valley Forge?
300
This tax tried to keep the British East India Company in business.
What is the Tea Act?
300
This document helped bridge the gap between the needs of the large and small states.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
300
He was the principal writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
A group of men marched on the courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts to protest being taxed to pay off the debts of the Revolutionary War.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
At this meeting, decisions were made to convince the King to make peace or they would declare themselves independent.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
400
This tax taxed all printed materials such as newspapers, pamphlets, wills, playing cards, ect.
What is the Stamp Act?
400
This document ruled the colonies for 10 years and held the colonies together in a loose "friendship" rather than being completely united.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
400
He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
400
The battle that allowed the colonists to receive help from the French.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
This plan allowed for both the large and small states to be satisfied with the Constitution.
What is the Connecticut Plan?
500
Taxed imported goods such as glass, paper, tea, and lead.
What is the Townshend Act?
500
This part of the United States helped establish the requirements for new states.
(Hint: this land was won by the British from the French during the French and Indian War)
What is the Northwest Territory?
500
He is known as the "Father of the Constitution" for having written 1,800 pages of notes during the Constitutional Convention.
Who is James Madison?
500
This event recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
In 1773, the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Indians and threw 342 boxes of _________ into the Boston Harbor. (Name the event)