Road to Revolution
Actions of the British
Reactions of the Colonists
Battles
of the
Revolutionary War
Declaration
of
Independence
100

This event started the Road to Revolution.

The French and Indian War

100

This act of Parliament required a tax be paid on documents and papers.

Stamp Act

100
This term describes the efforts of the Daughters of Liberty to protest the British acts by not buying tea.

boycott

100

The "shot heard round the world" was fired here.

Lexington

100

Date of the Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776

200

Colonists fought the Revolutionary War because they desired ______.

freedom/independence

200

With this act, Parliament actually lowered the tax on molasses to try to prevent smuggling.

Sugar Act

200

This term describes the efforts of colonists to rally support against the British by calling the killing of 5 colonists by British Soldiers in Boston on March 5, 1770 a massacre.

propaganda

200

The famous quote, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes", was given during this battle.

Battle of Bunker Hill

200

He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

300

The British tried to control ______ leading to the Revolutionary War.

the Colonists

300

As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed a series of acts called _____.

the Coercive/Intolerable Acts

300

As a reaction to the Stamp Act, 9 of 13 colonies met in what has become known as the Stamp Act Congress with the famous slogan ______.

No taxation without representation.

300

The British almost captured the Continental Army at this battle.

Battle for Brooklyn/Long Island

300
According to the Declaration of Independence, "All men are created ______."

equal

400

The Second Continental Congress appointed ______ to lead the Continental Army,

George Washington

400

This act of Parliament forbade the colonists from settling in the Ohio Valley.

Proclamation of 1763

400
As a protest to the Tea Act, this group dumped Tea in the Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.

Sons of Liberty

400

Washington led the colonists to their first victory at this battle going back across the Delaware River on Christmas.

Battle of Trenton

400
The three unalienable rights are ______, ______, and ______.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

500

He was the first person killed in the American Revolution, albeit he was killed before the war at the Boston Massacre.

Crispus Attucks

500
With this act, Parliament taxed glass, paint, and other household items.

Townshend Act

500

Before declaring independence in 1776, the Second Continental Congress issued this in 1775.

Olive Branch Petition

500
Victory by the Continental Army at this battle led to the Treaty of Alliance with the French joining the Americans against the British.

Battle of Saratoga

500

According to the Declaration of Independence, this is the purpose of government.

to secure these rights

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