Taxes, Acts, and Fat British Soldiers
Who's Who
"The British Are Coming!"
The War
Questions on the Test
100
England passed this Act to raise money for the British Treasury.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
Commander of the Continental Army
Who is General George Washington
100
These men signed up to be apart of their local militia groups and were ready 'in a minute's notice'.
What are Minutmen
100
During the wary, the colonists received assistance from this country.
What is France
100
Legal documents that allow British officers to search for smuggled goods.
What are Writs of Assistance
200
This act was passed by parliament and applied a tax on imported goods that the colonists could not produce themselves.
What is the Townshend Acts
200
Wrote "The American Crisis" and "Common Sense"
Who is Thomas Paine
200
During this battle, soldiers were not supposed to fight until 'they saw the whites of their eyes.'
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
200
The patriot forces endured a winter of terrible suffering at this Pennsylvania location.
What is Valley Forge
200
This was the first 'physical' sign of tension between the colonists and the British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre
300
After this act, patriotic women created the Daughters of Liberty.
What is Townshend Acts
300
A runaway slave that died in the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks
300
Militia groups were formed by this governing body.
Who is the First Continental Congress
300
On Christmas night 1776 after crossing the Delaware, the patriots scored a victory in this New Jersey city.
What is Trenton
300
Americans who fought with the British during the war were called this.
What are Torries
400
This act allowed the British East Indian Company the right to ship tea to the colonists without having to pay the taxes that the colonists had to pay.
What is the Tea Act.
400
He surrenderd in the summer of 1781, which led to the surrender of the British.
Who is General Cornwallis
400
The colonists were keeping arms and ammunition in what Massachusetts city?
What is Concord.
400
The French openly announced support for the United States after this battle.
What is the Battle of Saratoga.
400
The hit-and-run technique of fighting, which caught the British off guard was called this.
What is guerrilla warfare
500
Soldiers could be quartered into colonial homes because of this act.
What is the Coercive Act
500
Dressed up as a Dutch school teacher to spy on the British.
Who is Nathan Hale
500
He made it all the way to Concord to warn Hancock and Adams that the British were coming.
Who is Samuel Prescott
500
Towards the end of the war, supplies and reinforcements could not reach the Continental Army because of this.
What is a blockade
500
The winner of the Revolutionary War
Who is the American Patriots
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