This Act required the colonists to pay a direct tax on a variety of printed items.
The Stamp Act
100
Due to Congress printing more and more money, its value plunged. This term is called.....
Inflation
100
Thomas Jefferson wrote this document, which maintained that people enjoy "natural rights" to life, liberty, and property. These rights are described as "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
The Declaration of Independence
100
This person was killed during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
100
The British defeat at this place resulted in france signing an alliance with the Americans. This also forced the British to change their strategy.
Saratoga
200
This Act placed a package of revenue laws imposing taxes on imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Acts
200
As a part of the Intolerable Acts, Boston was placed under ______, which means rule imposed by military forces.
Martial Law
200
This document was written in Paris, France, which ended the Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris
200
This person was a Prussian General and talented drillmaster, who worked with General Washington to transform the Continental Army by teaching soldiers battle skills and maneuvers.
Friedrich von Steuben
200
British troops occupied outside of this city in the winter of 1777-78 while Washington and his troops camped in the woods.
Valley Forge
300
This Act, among other things, shut down the Boston Harbor.
Intolerable Acts
300
This is the belief that all people are basically equal.
Egalitarianism
300
This document was a 50-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. This document was used to persuade the colonists to begin fighting for independence.
Common Sense
300
This person was a French military leader that joined his forces with General Washington to lead a command in Virginia.
Marquis de Lafayette
300
George Washington led 2,400 men in rowboats across an ice-choked river to get to this city.
Trenton
400
This Act lowered the tax on molasses, however, it increased the tax on other goods.
Sugar Act
400
These people opposed independence and remained loyal to Great Britain. What are these people called?
Loyalists
400
This document confirmed American Independence and set the boundaries of the new nation.
Treaty of Paris
400
This person helped found the Sons of Liberty.
Samuel Adams
400
In the Spring of 1775, British troops marched to this city to seize stockpiles of firearms and gunpowder.
Lexington
500
This Act, as a part of the Intolerable Acts, forced the colonists to provide lodging for British troops.
Quartering Act
500
Some government officials engaged in _______, meaning they sold scarce goods for a large profit.
Profiteering
500
Congress sent this document to King George III urging them to return to "former harmony" between the colonies and Britain.
Olive Branch Petition
500
This person wrote the pamphlet known as "Common Sense."
Thomas Paine
500
The Treaty of Paris established this as the Western boundary of the United States.