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Which action was taken by the leaders of the thirteen colonies in 1776?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence which announced independence from Britain
100
What Era contains the following events:
Stamp Act
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Lexington
Continental Congress
Revolutionary
100
Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
Lexington and it became know as the "Shot Heard Round the World."
200
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between colonists and Great Britain?
It limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
200
How did Thomas Paine contributed to the revolutionary cause?
He wrote Common Sense to persuade colonist to join the Patriot cause.
200
Which battle is considered a turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War?
Saratoga
300
Which tax imposed on the colonist lead to the rally cry, "No Taxation Without Representation?"
The Stamp Act because it taxed all paper goods.
300
The Proclamation of 1763 forbid the colonist to cross what geographic feature?
The Appalachian Mountain
300
Who is considered the founder of the U.S. Navy?
John Paul Jones
400
What did Abagail Adams want when she wrote the "Remember the Ladies" letter to her husband?
To encouraging her husband to support women's rights
400
What examples of unalienable rights did Thomas Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
400
One result of British regulations such as the Sugar and Stamp Acts was America's resentment of —
Taxation without representation
500
Why were the Founding Fathers considered models of civic virtue?
Because they sacrificed family time and their business interests to fight in the revolutionary war.
500
American colonists protested against the acts listed in the box above because they believed the acts directly violated their.......
Economic rights
500
In what document did the colonist list their grievances and causes of the Revolutionary War?
Declaration of Independence