Important People
Events Leading
The Fight
Vocabulary
Locations
100
He was a war hero from Connecticut who turned traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
100
This was a tax the British put on sugar and molasses to pay for the expense of the French and Indian War.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
A small local army.
What is a militia?
100
This is a person who wanted to 13 colonies to break away from England
What is a patriot?
100
This is the capital of Connecticut.
What is Hartford?
200
He was the CT war hero who said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Who was Nathan Hale?
200
This Act said that colonists had to use special paper for licenses.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
Bullets and weapons for war.
What is ammunition?
200
This is a person who wanted the 13 colonies to stay with England.
What is a loyalist?
200
This was Connecticut's nickname because it provided supplies.
What is the Provisions State?
300
He was a general who led the colonial troops in the Revolutionary War.
Who was George Washington?
300
This is the argument that it's not fair to tax people when they have no vote.
What is "No Taxation without Representation!"?
300
This was the war in which England fought the French (and Indians) for more land in North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
300
This is freedom from another country's control.
What is independence?
300
This was the location of a famous demonstration against the British tax on tea.
What is Boston, MA?
400
He was the CT governor who worked hard to give the soldiers everything they need.
Who was Jonathan Trumbull?
400
This was a protest in Boston against the tax on tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
400
He led a small army of colonists, along with some members of Native American tribes, to defeat the pequot tribe.
Who is Captain John Mason?
400
This is the money people pay to government.
What is a tax?
400
This was the location of the first battle in the Revolutionary War.
What is Lexington and Concord?
500
He was a signer of the declaration of independence who, at the time, was from Georgia but was originally from CT.
Who was Lyman Hall?
500
This was the famous meeting of the colonies when they decided to work as a team.
What is The First Continental Congress?
500
This was a place in Connecticut where a Revolutionary War battle took place.
What is Danbury, or Ridgefield, or Greenwich or New Haven, or Fairfield or Norwalk, or New London or Groton?
500
To complain against an idea or action.
What is a protest?
500
This was the location of the last battle in Connecticut, led by Benedict Arnold.
What are New London and Groton?
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