This army was nicknamed the "Redcoats" by American Colonists
What is the British Army?
100
This battle is associated "the shot heard around the world".
What is the Battle of Lexington?
100
This act increased duties and strengthened collection of customs on rum and molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
The British practice of forcibly enlisting sailors into the British navy.
What is impressment?
100
This person was previously and officer in the British Army, and was Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
200
This General lead the British army to capture New York Harbor and hold it for the majority of the war.
Who is General William Howe?
200
This American victory towards the end of the war secured independence for colonists.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
200
This taxed all legal and commercial documents, creating hardship for business leaders and building resentment in ports where people depended on these businesses for jobs.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
Redcoats fired on civilians during a protest in 1770, killing 5.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
This French revolutionary petitioned for French aid and fought for the Continental Army.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
300
This infamous traitor was an American General who defected to the British Army and planned to surrender fortifications at West Point.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
300
On this holiday, George Washington lead a raid across the Delaware river to capture Trenton.
What is Christmas, 1776?
300
This act restricted trade in sugar which helped the British and Caribbean merchants at the expense of the North American merchants.
What is the Revenue Act?
300
This group orchestrated the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
300
This president's wife petitioned her husband to include women's rights in early American legislation.
Who is Abigail Adams?
400
This group of indians received a British promise that there would be no white settlement west of the Alleghenies after the war.
Who are the Iroquois?
400
This hill was the actual location of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
What is Breed's Hill?
400
This act allowed the British East India Company to ship tea to the colonies without having to pay normally required duties.
What is the Tea Act?
400
Names for this war include the Seven Years War, the War of Conquest, and the Pomeranian War.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
This woman led a more successful "midnight ride" than Paul Revere, riding twice the distance at only 16 years old.
Who is Sybil Ludington?
500
This is the main reason the British Army wore red uniforms.
What are bloodstains?
500
This battle ended in a stalemate after George Washington was able to rectify the poor leadership of General Lee.
What is the Battle of Monmouth?
500
These acts were Parliament's response to the Tea Riots, and limited the Colonists' personal freedom.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
This was created to protect Indian tribes by setting a boundary at the peaks of the Appalachian Mountains beyond which no western white settlement was to take place.
What is Proclamation Line of 1763
500
This man was a tailor who used his business to spy on the British for George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.