Important People
The "Acts"
The First and Second Continental Congress
Significant Terms
The Battles
100
The commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
Raised taxes on all printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
The first continental congress was called in response to this.
What is the Coercive or Intolerable Acts?
100
Those people in the colonies who supported the British in the American Revolution.
Who are Loyalists?
100
This was the site of the very first engagement between British soldiers and American militia.
What is Lexington (the battle of Lexington)?
200
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
Lowered the price of sugar and molasses in order to discourage smuggling.
What is the Sugar Act?
200
The second continental congress was called into session due to this battle.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
200
This group of young men enforced the first and second economic boycott in the colonies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
200
This was the first American victory of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Concord?
300
Author of anti-British, pro-independence pamphlets.
Who is Thomas Paine?
300
Allowed soldiers to enter your home and stay however long they wished.
What is the Quartering Act?
300
This congress established the Continental Army with George Washington as its commander.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
This term was the british response to the colonists complaints about rising taxes.
What is Virtual Representation?
300
Although a technical victory for the British, this was a moral victory for the Americans.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
400
He is responsible for the sugar act and the establishment of the vice-admiralty courts, along with other legislation.
Who is Sir George Grenville?
400
The Boston Massacre occurred in response to these Acts?
What are the Townshend Acts?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!11!!11!!!! : This organized, continent wide economic boycott was established in the First Continental Congress.
What is the Continental Association?
400
This phrase represented the colonists protests about rising taxes.
What is "No Taxation without Representation?"
400
The battle that convinced the French that we could win the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
He is responsible for rasing taxes on paint, lead, glass, and tea.
Who is Charles Townshend?
500
The Boston Tea Party was a direct response to this Act.
What is the Tea Act?
500
They enforced the Continental Association and took local political power into their own hands.
What are the Committees of Safety?
500
This idea stated that a king was becoming a tyrant if he 1. Expanded the Army, 2. Disbanded Jury Trials, 3. Raised taxes.
What is the Oppositionist Ideology?
500
This battle was a combined effort of the Continental Army and the French that would end the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
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