Causes
Battles
Declaration of Independence
Perspectives
Significance
100
Who was responsible for the destruction of tea at Boston Harbor?
What is the Sons of Liberty (Americans)
100
From where was the shot heard around the world fired?
What is the Battle of Lexington
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
How many Loyalists fought for Britain during the American Revolution?
What is 19,000
100
What makes something significant?
It results in change, it is revealing, it is part of a narrative, it varies in importance over time and according to different groups of people
200
Who was killed in the Boston Massacre?
Who are 5 American civilian men
200
Who took the most casualties at the battle of bunker hill?
Who is England
200
What scene does John Trumbull's portrait depict?
What is the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress
200
Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"?
Who is Patrick Henry
200
What does Benjamin West's portrait depict?
The American signatories of the Treaty of Paris and the absent British signatories.
300
What was the consequence of the Stamp Act?
What is American hostility towards the British
300
What major battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Saratoga
300
When was the Declaration of Independence ratified/approved?
When is July 4, 1776
300
Why were the American colonists upset with the British?
Britain was imposing taxes without proper representation in Parliament
300
What ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783
400
What was the Boston Tea Party in retaliation for?
What is The Tea Act
400
What battle forced an end to the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Yorktown or the Siege of Yorktown
400
Why is the Declaration of Independence an important piece of evidence?
Because it signifies the United States becoming their own independent country, and/or it is the foundation for their laws and government
400
What animal most commonly represented the American fighting spirit during the American Revolution?
What is the rattlesnake
400
When was the Treaty of Paris signed?
What is September 3, 1783
500
Was the American Revolution inevitable?
What is No
500
Sir Winston Churchill claims which side fired the first shot of the American Revolution?
Who are the American (Minutemen)
500
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
What is to form a nation, independent of Great Britain
500
What dangerous practice was used to punish and torture Loyalists for supporting England during the early days of the American Revolution?
What is Tarring and Feathering
500
Why was the Treaty of Paris an important event in American History?
It recognized the United States as an independent nation
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