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100
This act put forth by the British forced Colonists to pay taxes on all imported goods from Britain.
What was the Townshend Acts
100
The British law making group.
What is Parliament?
100
King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists.
What is Boston Harbor
100
The Colonists reacted in violent ways to the unfair taxes.
What is tar and feathering the tax collectors.
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.
200
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is The Boston Tea Party.
200
Colonists who wanted to break away from England.
What were Patriots?
200
The biggest strength of the Patriots.
What is motivation for freedom?
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
Angry Colonists combined with frustrated British troops led up to this tradgedy.
What is the Boston Massacre.
300
A statement of fact.
What is Declaration?
300
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies.
What is The Atlantic Ocean.
300
The three reasons the British soldiers should have won the war.
What is lots of soldiers, supplies and experience.
300
This is where the Revolutionary War began.
What is Lexington.
400
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act.
400
This man actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
400
This country came to the aide of the Colonists and without them the Americans would have lost.
Who was France
400
The biggest weakness of the British soldiers.
What is lack of motivation, the war was just a job.
400
This famous battle happened in late September and early October was considered the turning point of the war.
What was the Battle of Saratoga.
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
This is the current mayor of Kalamazoo.
Who is Bobby Hopewell?
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 man warned the Patriots that the British were coming by sea.
Who is Paul Revere
500
These are the three branches of government.
What is the legislative, judical and executive
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