He was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
100
A British law which placed a tax on all printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
An event in which angry colonists surrounded British soldiers and were fired upon, killing five unarmed people.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord.
What is The Shot Heard 'Round the World?
100
This is Britain's law making assembly.
What is a Parliament?
200
He was a Patriot who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
A British law that taxed all imported goods.
What is the Townshend Acts?
200
A rebellion by the colonists in which they dressed as Mohawks and dumped the British tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This was a battle that actually took place on Breed's Hill in which the Patriots were led by Colonel Prescott who said "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
This is a refusal to buy goods.
What is a boycott?
300
He was one of the first of the colonists to speak out against the British taxes.
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
Another British law that required colonists to buy tea only from British companies and also to pay taxes for that tea.
What is the Tea Act?
300
It was a warning to the colonists by three riders that the British were coming, especially the man a poem was written about.
What is Paul Revere's Midnight Ride?
300
There were about 400 Patriot soldiers.
What is the number of Patriots who were killed or wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
300
They were women who formed this group to help with the boycott and began weaving their own cloth instead of using British wool.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
400
He was a former slave who led a group of sailors to a protest and was killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
400
These were British laws made to punish the people of Boston for the Boston Tea Party. They forced the Boston people to feed and house British soldiers.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
This was a group formed by representatives from the colonies who met to vote on how to improve the situation with Britain.
What is the Continental Congress?
400
They were colonists who were against British rules.
What are Patriots?
400
It was a document written to explain why the colonist wanted to be independent of Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
He was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
This was a battle fought between the British, French, and the Native Americans over newly discovered land.
What is the French and Indian War?
500
They were colonists who remained loyal to King George and the British government.
What are Loyalists?
500
They were groups of Patriot soldiers who claimed that they could be ready to fight for their colony at a minute's notice.
What are minutemen?
500
It was a letter sent to King George telling him that a war could be avoided if the British government would give the colonists greater freedom.