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Grab bag
100
Before the revolution, this person acted as the unofficial American representative to the British parliament.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
These two battles initiated the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
100
This 1774 legislation closed the port of Boston and took away Massachusetts self government.
What are the Intolerable or Coercive Acts.
100
This religious movement was America's first mass movement and resulted in many new religious denominations.
What is the Great Awakening?
100
This person was appointed the overall commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
200
This person created a propaganda "broadside" that greatly exaggerated the Boston Massacre.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
This famous Christmas battle saw George Washington defeat an enemy force and save the morale of his own army.
What is Trenton?
200
This British legislation required colonists to house British troops.
What is the Quartering Act?
200
This philosophical movement pushed the ideas of natural laws, natural rights and the idea of a social contract.
What is the Enlightenment?
200
This was a 1763 Indian uprising that was put down by British and colonial troops.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
300
This person penned the classics "Common Sense" and "The Crisis".
Who is Thomas Paine?
300
This battle convinced the French to enter in on the side of the Americans. Benedict Arnold was an American hero in this 1777 battle.
What is Saratoga?
300
This legislation required that colonists stay east of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
This British philosopher pushed the idea that government derives its power from the consent of the governed.
Who is John Locke?
300
This 1765 meeting resulted in an organized boycott of British goods in response to the Stamp Act.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
400
This patriot defended British troops accused of the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
400
This French and Indian War Battle saw the French defeated in Quebec.
What is the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?
400
This British legislation stated that Britain could make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever.
What is the Declaratory Act?
400
This explains why the ideas of the Enlightenment caught on so well in the colonies. This skill made the average Americans more sophisticated.
What is a high literacy rate?
400
Whose pamphlet The Crisis inspired Americans to fight for independence and democracy?
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
This patriot smuggler was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
500
This 1781 battle saw a combined French and American force defeat an entire British army led by General Cornwallis.
What is Yorktown?
500
This British legislation from 1767 required taxes on paint,paper, lead, glass, tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
500
These colonies had the most ethnic diversity.
What are the Middle Colonies?
500
What document set up the American government during the revolution and lasted until 1789.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
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