Sometimes called the Seven Years War, this armed conflict between rival European powers extended into America's Ohio River Valley.
What is the French & Indian War?
100
o The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired here in 1775.
What is Lexington & Concord?
100
In 1776, he was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
This is the name of the state George hailed from.
What is Virginia?
100
What colonists who wanted independence from Britain called themselves.
What is a patriot?
200
This act, passed by the British Parliament, forbade American colonists from migrating west across the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
200
o In 1775, this legislative body founded the Continental Army.
What is the Continental Congress?
200
This patriot made a midnight horseback ride to warn Massachusetts rebels that King George's soldiers were on the way.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
This is George's weakness as a boy and as a young man.
What is his shyness?
200
A soldier who serves for pay in the military of a foreign government.
What is a mercenary?
300
o In an attempt to pay off the huge debt incurred by the French and Indian War, this 1764 act of Parliament taxed a common sweetener and other goods coming into the colonies from other places.
What is the Sugar Act?
300
o American forces drove the British back twice on Breeds Hill before retreating because they had run short of this important material.
What is ammunition?
300
He won one of the first important victories of the war for Americans by capturing Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
Who is Ethan Allen?
300
This is the name of George's farm.
What is Mount Vernon?
300
He said, "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
This is a word meaning "refuse to buy."
What is "boycott"?
400
o American forces retreated through New York following this 1776 battle.
What is the Battle of Long Island?
400
o This American diplomat convinced the French king to enter the Revolutionary War on behalf of the United States.
Who is Ben Franklin?
400
George Washington became known as a reliable military commander while serving as a British officer during this conflict.
What is the French & Indian War?
400
What people saw when Lutheran minister John Peter Muhlenberg pulled off his church robes in front of his congregation.
What is a Continental Army uniform?
500
o Parliament passed this series of laws to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
o This German officer drilled and trained the Army to march as quickly and efficiently as European armies.
Who is von Steuben?
500
He led the fight to drive the British from frontier lands west of the Appalachians and to defend settlements there.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
500
The number of real teeth George Washington had as an adult.
What is 10.
500
When melted down, this object provided 42,088 bullets to use against the British.