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100

This proclamation declared that all land west of the Appalachians was Indian Territory.

What is the Proclamation of 1763?

100

This act by British Parliament ended the Stamp Act but also declared that England had the right to rule the colonies

What is the Declaratory Act?

100

This British General was forced to surrender at Saratoga after being surrounded by the Continental Army and loaded down with unnecessary cargo, such as formal attire and many cases of champagne

Who is General John Burgoyne?

100

Where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at

Lexington and Concord

100

After the Treat of Paris, this doubled in size for Americans

What is territory (land)?

200

Unofficial British trade policy for the colonies prior to the French and Indian War

What is Salutary Neglect?

200

These imposed acts closed Boston harbor and punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

What is the Intolerable Acts?

200

This Prussian drillmaster taught Continental troops how to march and better prepare for war at Valley Forge

Who is Friedrich von Steuben?

200

The bloodiest single day of the American Revolution happened here

Bunker Hill

200

British promised this to encourage black slaves to escape from their masters

What is freedom for slaves who fought for them?

300

British imposed a direct tax on all printed materials used by the colonists

What is the Stamp Act?

300

This future president was not part of the Committee of 5 who were selected to write a Declaration of Independence

Who is George Washington?

300

In 1777, this general and leader of the continental army, had his winter headquarters in Valley Forge

Who is George Washington? 

300

After the continental army defeat the redcoats at this battle, France agreed to being official allies  

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

300

After the American Revolutionary War, women received more education opportunities, but did not gain this

What is the right to vote?

400

This act protected British and colonial shipping industries

What is the Navigation Acts?

400

Colonists who supported England

Who are Loyalists or Tories?

400

This person wrote Common Sense, which gave easy to understand arguments regarding independence

Who is Thomas Payne?

400

British General Howe captured this prominent city in the fall of 1777, forcing members of the Continental Congress to flee

What is Philadelphia?

400

This treaty with the French recognized the U.S. as an independent nation

What is the Treaty of Amity and Commerce?

500

This delegation protested taxation by the British without allowing colonial representation in Parliament 

What is the Stamp Act Congress?

500

German soldiers that were paid by King George III to fight the colonists

Who are Hessians?

500

This person introduced the resolution of independence to the Second Continental Congress

Who is Richard Henry Lee?

500

This was considered the final battle of the American Revolutionary War, after General Cornwallis retreat was blocked by the French fleet in Chesapeake Bay

What is the Battle of Yorktown

500

After Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, this was prohibited in the new states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin

What is slavery?

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