Battles
Causes
People
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
100
This battle started the Revolution.
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
100
During this act, people were taxed on printed material.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
This person was the leader of the Continental army.
Who was George Washington?
100
This word means "to refuse to buy goods to force a change."
What is boycott?
100
This is another name for citizen.
What is "civilian?"
200
This battle convinced the French that the colonists could end the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
200
This event occured when colonists dressed as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This person took a famous ride in the middle of the night to warn the colonists that, "The British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
200
This term means "to reject a law preventing it from going into effect."
What is veto?
200
This was a document sent to the King by the colonists asking to keep peace with England and eliminate all unfair taxes.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
300
This battle is took place on Breed's Hill.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
300
This person was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams?
300
This word means "a product brought into a country for sale or use."
What is import?
300
The colonists often said this because they were taxed without being asked what they thought.
What is "No taxtion without representation."
400
This battle ended the American Revolution when Cornwallis surrendered.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
400
These acts were passed by Parliment after the Boston Tea Party; closing the Boston Harbor and shutting down all town meetings.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
This person wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense."
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
This term means "the spread of ideas usually used to win or support a particular cause."
What is propaganda?
400
This document said that the colonists was to be free from Britian.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
This disagreement wound up killing 5 colonists as they were protesting about the unfair taxes.
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
This act forced the colonists to allow British soldiers live in their homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
500
These people fought on the side of the colonists.
Who were Patriots?
500
This was the Brtish policy that was helpful to the colonists.
What is salutary neglect?
500
This word means "citizens gathered together to debate and make decisions."
What is an assembly.
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