Causes
People
Place
Things
Government
100
This act from the British forced Colonists to pay taxes on all imported goods from Britian.
What was the Townshend Acts
100
This nickname describes the British soldiers based on appearance.
What are Lobsterbacks or Redcoats
100
King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists.
What is Boston Harbor?
100
Paying for the cost of this event was the first reason the British needed tax money from the Colonists.
What was the French and Indian War?
100
This is the type of government in America.
What is a Democracy?
200
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This is the man who was the first commander and chief of the Patriots.
Who is George Washington?
200
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between England and the Colonies.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
These colonists stayed true to their king.
What were the Loyalists?
200
These are the three branches of government.
What are executive, legislative, and judicial?
300
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
This man actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
In 1774, respresentatives from every colony, except Georgia, met at this gathering place in Philadelphia.
What is the first Continental Congress?
300
This famous battle was lost by the Patriots.
What is the battle of Lexington?
300
Congress is composed of these two bodies.
What is House of Representative and Senate?
400
Colonists were forced to house British soldiers...Boston's port was closed and Massachusetts taken over by Britian.. All were referred to as this.
What is the Intolerable Acts?
400
This person sounded the warning that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
400
This is the place where the war ended and the British finally surrended.
What is Yorktown?
400
This is the name of the governing body of Great Britian.
What is parliament?
400
This is the mayor of Kalamazoo.
Who is Bobby Hopewell?
500
This is why the colonist didn't think they should be taxed by British parliament.
What is No taxation without representation?
500
This group probably wrote "Yankee Doodle Dandee".
Who were the British soldiers?
500
This large, colonial city was overtaken by the British for a time, and all travel to and from was prohibited.
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
500
This group, organized by John Adams, led protests against the new taxes and was the first group to organize against taxes.
What are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
500
It is the reason our government has a system of checks and balances between the branches.
What is so one branch doesn't have too much power?
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