Battles of the American Revolution
Acts
Important Meetings and STUFF
Famous Leaders
Potpourri
100
This battle, in 1776, was the largest battle.
What is the battle of Long Island?
100
This act, passed in 1764, was protested because colonists were to pay more to sweeten their tea.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
This decision, at the end of the American Revolution, stated: that America was independent, both sides had to pay war debts, Britain had to return slaves, America had to give up some property, America had fishing rights in Canada and there were new land boundaries.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
100
He surrendered his British troops at Saratoga.
Who is John Burgoyne?
100
They would have signed the Olive Branch Petition.
Who are the Loyalists?
200
This battle, spurred by the passing of the Intolerable Acts,occurred in 1774.
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
200
This was passed to avoid angering Native Americans who had already lost a great deal of land. The Colonists were not supposed to move past the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
200
In this gathering, colonists decided to ban all trade with Britain and train their troops.
What is the First Continental Congress?
200
In Albany, he proposed that the colonies should unite in order to defeat the French and form colonial assemblies ruled by the Crown.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
Its main purpose was to state the reasons for the colonies to separate from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution, because colonists finally realized they may have a chance to win.
What is Saratoga?
300
This act required that taxes are paid on all official documents. Tax collectors were tarred and feathered in protest.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
In this meeting, Ben Franklin tried to unite the 13 colonies, but it failed.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
300
He warned the colonists that the British were marching in Boston.
Who is Paul Revere?
300
This secret group did what is known today as the "Boston Tea Party."
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
400
This battle was won by the British in 1775. Both the American and British troops lost many, but the battle didn't change the war much.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
400
In response to the Boston Tea Party, these acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were passed to place a great deal of control over the colonists.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
This meeting declared George Washington as general of the new Continental army. It also allowed the used of paper money.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
400
He established the principle of freedom of the press.
Who is John Peter Zenger?
400
They were the two main groups fighting in the French and Indian war. They fought regarding the Ohio River Valley.
Who are France and Britain?
500
In this New York battle, the British recaptured a possession of the American army because they believed there was a stockpile of weapons there.
What is the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?
500
This act, passed in 1767, suspended the colonists right to assemble and also required them to quarter British soldiers.
What are the Townshend Acts?
500
This document served as the first constitution for the 13 colonies.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
500
The Declaration of Independence was based on his writing, Natural Rights.
Who is John Locke?
500
This battle surprised the Hessians on Christmas Day.
What is the battle of Trenton and Princeton?
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