Issues of Dissatisfaction
Key Individuals
Key Individuals II
Major Events and Turning Points
Major Events and Turning Points II
100
This country taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War.
What is Great Britain?
100
British king during the Revolutionary era.
Who is King George III.
100
Established the Continental Army, commissioned George Washington as General of the Continental Army, agreed to the Declaration of Independence.
Who is the Second Continental Congress?
100
Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
Thomas Jefferson drafted this document that people have “certain unalienable rights”
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
Colonists were dissatified with taxation because they had no representation in this British body of government.
What is Parliament?
200
Commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
200
Prominent member of Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence, helped gain French support for American independence.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
Colonies declared independence from Great Britain on this date.
What is July 4, 1776?
300
British soldiers stationed in Boston led to this conflict on March 5, 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
Who is Lord Cornwallis?
300
Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival
Who is Paul Revere?
300
This was the site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battles at Lexington and Concord?
300
The "Shot Heard Round the World" was fired at this location.
What is Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts?
400
Great Britain did this to the colonists to help finance the French and Indian War.
What is taxed them?
400
Major author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
He led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
Who is Samuel Adams?
400
This American victory was the turning point in the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with England Great Britain and to promote independence.
What is the First Continental Congress?
500
Order that followed the French and Indian War which restricted the western movement of settlers.
What is The Proclamation of l763?
500
This group of volunteer soldiers were to be ready in a minutes notice.
What is minutemen?
500
Known as a traitor to the Patriots for his aid with the British during the war.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
500
This was the colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Surrender at Yorktown?
500
Great Britain recognized American independence in this treaty
What is the Treaty of Paris?
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