What was the act that taxed tea and made the colonists mad?
100
Abigail Adams.
Who was the wife of John Adams who reminded him that women needed rights too.
100
Leader of the Continental army.
Who was George Washington?
100
Lexington
What is the first battle of the American Revolution?
200
Thomas Paine
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
200
Intolerable Acts.
What was the punishment for the Boston Tea party for the colonists?
200
Treaty of Paris.
What was the document that ended the Revolutionary War and gave colonisits their independence?
200
The French nobleman that gave his time and money to assist the colonists.
Who was LaFayette?
200
Final battle of the revolution.
What was Yorktown?
300
"Give me liberty or give me death."
Who was Patrick Henry?
300
First Continental Congress
What was the meeting between colonies to try and get Britain to stop the taxes?
300
mercenaries
What are soldiers for hire?
300
Leader of the British army (you have a choice of several)
Who was Horatio Gates or Charles Cornwallis?
300
Battle in which George Washington surprised the Hessian mercenaries on Christmas morning and saved the revolution by inspiring his troops to re-enlist.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
400
Rode to warn the minutemen that the British were coming.
Who was Paul Revere?
400
Famous action of the Sons of Liberty?
What was the Boston Tea Party?
400
Three things listed as rights that were requested from King George III and Britain by the colonists.
What is Life, Liberty and Property.
400
Woman who served with or helped the Continental army.
Who was Deborah Sampson or Molly Pitcher?
400
Battle in which Washington used fires as a decoy to lure the British into a trap that caused them to surrender. This battle brought help from Spain and France who then thought the colonists could win the revolution.
What was Saratoga?
500
Encouraged the members of the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Britain.
Who was John Adams or Benjamin Franklin?
500
The document signed by the members of the Second Continental Congress when it appeared the British wouldn't stop taxing them.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
France and Spain.
What were the countries that helped the colonies win the war against Britain?
500
Scottish naval expert who is known for the quote, "I have not yet begun to fight".
Who was John Paul Jones?
500
Brutal winter quarters where over 2000 colonial soldiers died of starvation. No battles were fought here.