Key Players
Acts
Events
Groups
Miscellaneous
100
Brilliant military commander during the Revolutionary War and first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
100
This act required colonists to pay a direct tax on a number of printed items.
What is the Stamp Act
100
The first battle of the American Revolution took place here.
Where is Lexington, Massachusetts?
100
These people were faithful to the British crown during the American Revolution. Most of them ended up moving into Canada - Quebec & the Maritines.
Who are the Loyalists?
100
He created the famous cartoon "Join, or Die."
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
200
A "rabble rouser" who famously spread his story of the Boston Massacre. He became an American folk hero for his Midnight Ride to warn American troops about the British.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
True or False: The Sugar Act was passed in 1765.
False. 1764
200
During this event, 5 American colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
This group of patriots believed they should be separate from Britain. They boycotted British goods and organized the First Continental Congress.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
200
True or False: The trade system was fair to colonists.
False. The trade system benefited Britain. They took raw materials from the colonies and sold them back as manufactured goods. They also forbid the colonies to trade with the west Indies. They wanted to have a monopoly.
300
The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
This act allowed British soldiers to stay in any colonist's home they wanted to. The colonist had to provide food and shelter without any payment.
What is the Quartering Act?
300
The Americans dressed up like Mohawk and dumped Britain's tea off the ships in the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
These American "soldiers" were regular people in the colonies who said they'd be ready to fight the British whenever they were needed.
Who are Minutemen?
300
The two main complaints of the Americans.
The British continued to pass taxes on many things, and the American's had no representatives in government.
400
Famous statesman of America. He became the unofficial ambassador to France and England after the American Revolution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
This act resulted in the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
400
After this battle, the French joined the Americans in their war against the British?
What is the battle of Saratoga?
400
These people living in America exchanged information about British troop movements from community to community.
Who were the Committees of Correspondence?
400
British troops were sent to here to find ammunition and supplies.
Where is Concord?
500
Famous traitor. He betrayed the American army and was caught helping the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
500
These acts were passed to punish the Americans. They closed the Boston Harbor, and included the Quebec Act which stop the colonists from expanding. They are sometimes called the coercive acts, but they are also called ___________.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
The battle where Colonel William Prescott ordered, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
500
This group of people urged colonists to weave their own cloth and use American products instead of British goods.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
500
The three ideas of the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
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