16,000 militiamen met English regulars here in one of the bloddiest battles of the war.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
100
He fueled the flames of the colonists by publicising the "Bloody Massacre" in Boston and abuses by the British.
What is Samuel Adams?
100
This line was intended to seperate the Colonists from the native American tribes to the west.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
100
This year marked the height of British imports from Great Britain.
What is 1771?
100
Their ships blocked Cornwallace from escaping at Yorktown, forcing him to surrender.
What are the French?
200
British troops marched there in hopes of retrieving stored weapons.
What is Concord?
200
He wrote "Common Sense".
What is Thomas Paine?
200
This Act placed a duty of threepence a gallon on Malasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
200
When the British started fighting in the South, they depended on these people to help.
Who are the Loyalists?
200
They were hired mercenary soldiers from Germany, hired by Great Britain to fight for them.
Who were the Hessians?
300
Washington fooled these Hessian soldiers by crossing the Delaware River in an icy storm at night on Christmas Eve.
What is the Victory at Trenton?
300
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
An incident in the streets with British Soldiers resulting in the death of five Colonists.
What is Boston Massacre?
300
He wanted to keep fighting even after defeat, proving his complete misunderstanding of the American situation.
Who is King George III?
300
He was known as "Gentleman Johnny".
Who was Burgoyne stationed in Montreal by the British?
400
Washington won this battle by leaving the campfires going and sneaking behind the enemy in another surprise attack.
What is the Battle at Trenton?
400
He believed that Paine's Common Sense left no room for rebuttal by Parliament.
Who was George Washington?
400
An Act taxing just about everything.
What is the Stamp Act?
400
They fought in the beginning of the war, were later banned from fighting by George Washington, and finally told that they could fight and would be freed at the end of the war.
Who were the African Americans?
400
This battle influenced France to become the colonist's Ally.
What is the Victory at Saratoga?
500
This was the last battle of the war in 1781.
What is the Battle at Yorktown?
500
He told Parliament that colonists would accept an external tax (Townsend Act) in place of an internal tax (Stamp Act), knowing the true outcome.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
500
These Acts placed duties on many imported items, required British troops in the field to be resupplied by the colonists, and reorganized the customs service.
What is the Townsend Acts?
500
She followed her husband to war, took over his cannon after he was killed and placed there until she was severly wounded.
Who was Margaret Corbin?
500
She enlisted in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment in 1782 and served for more than a year disguised as a man.