This war in 1755 created enormous debt for the British.
What was the French and Indian War?
100
He led the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
100
These initial skirmishes included The Shot Heard Round the World.
What were the battles of Lexington and Concord?
100
Sixty-five delegates met in Philadelphia to decide what steps to take after the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
What was the Second Continental Congress?
100
African Americans often sided with the colonists because they were offered this in return.
What is freedom?
200
Britain repealed the Stamp Act, but these Acts in 1767 to cover the costs of British soldiers still taxed tea, glass, lead, paints and paper.
What were the Townshend Acts?
200
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." What battle did the colonists lose because they ran out of gunpowder?
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
This pamphlet convinced many delegates that the colonies had nothing to gain and much to lose by staying tied to an unjust King.
What was Common Sense?
200
These soldiers were hired by the British to help them fight.
What are mercenaries?
300
This group, led by Sam Adams, led boycotts and protests against Britain's various Acts and taxes.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
300
He famously proclaimed, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Who was Nathan Hale?
300
On Christmas night, 1776, Washington and his soldiers rowed across the icy Delaware River to New Jersey and surprised the British.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
300
These two men helped edit the Declaration of Independence.
Who were John Adams and Benjamin Franklin?
300
This was the colonist's last effort at peace. King George III didn't even read it.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
400
Paul Revere's engraving of this 1770 event was a brilliant use of propaganda by the colonists.
What was the Boston Massacre?
400
These two riders warned the Minutemen that "the Regulars are coming out!"
Who were Paul Revere and William Dawes?
400
Once the colonists forced Gen. Burgoyne and 5,000 British soldiers to surrender in this New York battle, France was convinced the Americans could win and joined the war.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
400
When this delegate signed the Declaration he stated, "there, King George won't need his spectacles to read that."
Who was John Hancock?
400
These European countries joined the Americans in the war against the British.
What are France, Spain, the Netherlands and Russia?
500
This was the colonists' response to Parliament's 1773 passing of the Tea Act.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
500
Winter in this Pennsylvania town was brutal for Washington's army. Men slept on frozen ground and went barefoot and many died of disease.
What was Valley Forge?
500
This date (month, day, year) is considered America's birth date.
What is July 4, 1776?
500
The signing of this Treaty signaled the end of the war.