under a new act this product was taxed at new lower rate, but it was required that only the BEIC could sell it
What is Tea? (under the Tea Act of 1774)
100
the doc. in 1776 that says 'all men are created equal' ?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
Most often regarded as the battle which started the war.
What is Lexington and Concord?
100
A major player before the war and the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
This country recognized the "united States of America" as an independent country in 1783.
What is Great Britain?
200
Colony where a 'massacre' occurred in March, 1770...
What is Massachusetts?
200
all 13 colonies on their way to becoming states had elected officials and were, in name, this type of government
What is a republic?
200
He called the King of England a "royal brute" and a "tyrant" for having shed American blood in Massachusetts, and many outside this colony read his incendiary words.
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
Colonial leader who thought it might be good to have a king in America or someone very much like it.
Who is Alexander Hamilton of New York?
200
These people living in the back country of the 13 colonies were largely the losers in the war between British and colonial settlers.
Who are Native Americans or 'Indians'?
300
No taxation without representation goes back to this year and action.
What is the Stamp Act Congress in 1765 (to oppose the Stamp Act)?
300
some wealthy southern and mid-Atlantic colonial owners recognized the contradiction between the ideals of revolutionary liberty and their practices, so they released these people....
What are their slaves?
300
Subject of this statement: "He is transporting large Armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny already begun..."
Who is King George III?
300
This practice was eliminated in some of the new northern states but not in the southern states.
What is legal slavery?
300
The name of the governmental agreement which emerged from revolution to bring together the 13 new states.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
Stockpiling of weapons occurred here and the British found out about it.
Where is Concord, Massachusetts?
400
she asked for women to have a vote in the new government her husband was helping create....(she didnt get her wish)
Who is Abigail Adams?
400
General Johnny Bourgoyne was decisively defeated in October, 1777 at this upstate New York site.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
Some properties of these people were confiscated during the revolution, but other received compensation or even the return of their property after the revolution.
Who is loyalists?
400
This nation formed an alliance with the new USA in order to win the war and the American government was in financial debt to it.
What is the Kingdom of France?
500
The last chance message sent in July, 1775 by colonial leaders to the British Government.
What is the 'Olive Branch' petition?
500
By the end of the revolutionary war nearly 1 in 7 American Continental Army soldiers were of this category...
What is African American (usually a former slave)?
500
At Yorktown in 1781 the crucial element in the British defeat was this.
What is inability to resupply or escape via the sea because of the French blockade on the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
500
The rights of a citizen to vote was limited to being a male property owner. This signifies something about the revolution...
What is a conservative revolution?
500
Freedom for slaves was a much more real concern during the revolution. Many ran from their masters and formed back-country communities to escape. The name of these communities...