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100

Massachusetts patriots who said they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice

Minutemen

100

Rung in Philadelphia to gather the people together for the reading of the Declaration of Independence

Liberty Bell

100

Extended the boundaries of Quebec west to the Mississippi and south to the Ohio, closing frontier land to the colonists

Quebec Act
100

Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

George Washington

100

Name the war between the British and the French for control of land along the Ohio River

French and Indian War

200

Money people pay to the government for use in running the government

Tax

200

German soldiers hired by George III to fight against Americans

Hessians

200

The first ten amendments to the Constitution, listing the rights or freedoms the Constitution gives to Americans

Bill of Rights

200

Boston patriot and silversmith famous for his midnight ride to warn the colonists

Paul Revere

200

Name the angry encounter between colonists and British soldiers in Boston in March of 1770.

Boston Massacre

300

Those who wanted America to be free from Britain's control

Patriots

300

American ship captained by John Paul Jones

Bonhomme Richard

300

The plan of government our country still follows today

Constitution of the U.S.

300

Virginian who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Patrick Henry

300

What was the first major battle in the War for Independence?

Battle of Bunker Hill

400

First shot fired at Lexington in the American War for Independence

"Shot heard 'round the world"

400

British ship that fought the Bonhomme Richard and was captured by John Paul Jones

Serapis

400

Document signed by England giving up the American colonies and making them officially free and independent

Treaty of Paris

400

King of England during the American War for Independence

King George III

400

Washington's first mission was to take a message to the French stationed where?

Fort le Boeuf

500

Met in Philadelphia in September 1774; agreed not to buy English goods and asked that their rights as Englishmen be respected

First Continental Congress

500

Met in Philadelphia in 1775; Decided America must have an organized Continental Army and that George Washington would command the new army

Second Continental Congress

500

First plan of government the states agreed upon

Articles of Confederation

500

Commander of all British forces in North America during the French and Indian War

General Edward Braddock

500

Name the French frontier stronghold where the British suffered a major defeat.

Fort Duquesne

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