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He was the general of the American forces and later became the very first president of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys took this place by surprise without firing a single shot.
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
This site was where the largest battle of the Revolutionary War took place.
What is the Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island)?
Great Britain was in great debt following this causing them to tax the colonies.
What was the French and Indian War?
This is an amount of money that you pay to the government that can pay for public services.
What is a tax?
This person was one of the Founding Fathers however he was also a printer, inventor, diplomat, and the first Postmaster General of the colonies.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
While tea parties happened throughout the colonies, the most famous one happened in this city.
What is Boston?
This is considered the first battle following the start of the war and is where the "shot heard round the world" was fired.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This was the name of the border line that Great Britain declared colonists could not pass.
What was the Proclamation Line?
A person who remained faithful to Great Britain and the King was known as this.
What is a Loyalist?
She was the wife of John Adams and in a letter she asked of him, "Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors."
Who was Abigail Adams?
The Boston Massacre was an event where the first casualties of the American Revolution were killed. This was the street this riot happened on.
What is King Street?
The American forces lost the Battle of Brooklyn and narrowly escaped due to this natural force.
What is nighttime and morning fog?
In 1764, Great Britain declared this act which put a new tax on molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
On the day the Declaration of Independence was first read in New York City, colonists and soldiers reacted by pulling down a statue of King George III. Later, the statue was used for this purpose.
What is to make ammo to fight the war?
This was the name of the person who is considered the very first casualty of the American Revolution.
What is Crispus Attucks?
The Declaration of Independence was written and signed in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
What is Boston?
This act of 1773 essentially established a monopoly for the East India Company.
What is the Tea Act?
This was the name of George Washington's righthand man who also happened to be enslaved.
Who was William Lee?
Name at least two of the five people who are credited with helping to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who were Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
Evacuation Day, when the final British soldiers and Loyalists departed the colonies for good, was celebrated in this city.
What is New York City?
This battle was considered the turning point in the War for Independence. With the American victory, it proved to the world that the Americans were serious and powerful enough to defreat the highly trained British forces.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This act put taxes on paint, glass, paper, and tea.
What is the Townshend Act?
These are the lyrics of the chorus to the introduction of the television show, Liberty's Kids.
What is:
Looking at life through my own eyes,
I'm searching for a hero to idolize,
Feeling the pain as innocence dies,
Looking at life, through my own eyes