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100
This act by put forth by the British forced Colonists to pay taxes on all imported goods from Britain including glass and tea.
What was the Townshend Acts
100
This person drew the "Join or Die" political cartoon.
Who was Ben Franklin?
100
King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists.
What is Boston Harbor
100
These are small groups of ordinary men who were trained to go into battle.
What were: militias
100
Paying for the cost of this event was the first reason the British needed tax money from the Colonists.
What was the French Indian War or Seven Years War.
200
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is The Boston Tea Party.
200
This nickname describes the British soldiers based on appearance.
What were Lobsterbacks or Redcoats
200
Lexington and Concord are in this colony?
What is Massachusetts
200
These colonists stayed true to their King.
What were the Loyalists.
200
This flamboyant man was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Hancock.
300
Britain punished Boston because of this incident.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
300
This man created the famous etching of the Boston Massacre.
Who was Paul Revere.
300
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies.
What is The Atlantic Ocean.
300
This famous battle, one of the first in the Revolutionary war, was lost by the Patriots.
What is the battle of Lexington.
300
The individuals who wrote the Declaration of Independence were called this:
What is The Framers.
400
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies (paper).
What is the Stamp Act.
400
This man actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
400
This large, colonial city was overtaken by the British for a time, and all travel to and from was prohibited.
What was Boston, Massachusetts.
400
The name of the governing body of Great Britain.
What is Parliament.
400
This famous battle happened after Lexington
What was the Battle of Concord.
500
Colonists forced to house British soldiers... Massachusetts being taken over by Thomas Gage of Britain, the closing of Boston's port... All were referred to as this.
What is the Intolerable Acts.
500
The Declaration of Independence was ratified and signed by what governing body?
The Second Continental Congress
500
These are the names of the original 13 colonies:
What are Massachusetts (Maine was a part of Mass.), Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Georgia, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware.
500
This group organized by John Adams led protests against the new taxes.
What is the Sons of Liberty.
500
In 1774, representatives from every colony except Georgia met at this gathering in Philadelphia.
What is the First Continental Congress.
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