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The American Revolution began when shots were fired at...
What is Lexington
100
What was an effect of new British taxes on colonists?
What is colonists protested the new taxes.
100
The British army hired German ____ soldiers to help them fight the Patriots.
mercenary
100
One of the Patriots' greatest strengths was their...
Persistence in fighting
100
The colonists modeled their government on the government of....
Great Britain
200
Battles on the frontier took place mostly between...
What is Native Americans and Patriots.
200
Colonists opposed new British taxes by protesting violently and...
What is writing defiant pamphlets.
200
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
After British forces started losing battles in the South, neutral colonists reacted by...
What is supporting the Patriots.
200
The ____ made George Washington the commander of the Continental Army.
Second Continental Congress
300
Which event led to the siege of Yorktown?
What is the British occupation of Yorktown.
300
Which group led violent protests against British taxation in the colonies?
Who are the Sons of Liberty.
300
What is a consequence of the First Continental Congress?
What is more people became politically active.
300
According to the Declaration of Independence, where does a government's power come from?
What is the consent of the governed.
300
With help from the French, the Patriots won the last battle of the war at ____.
Battle of Yorktown
400
The Patriots began to hope they could win the war after the Battle of...
What is Saratoga
400
What two ACTS did not include a new tax?
What is the Quartering Act and the Coercive Acts.
400
The writing of ______ influenced Thomas Jefferson as he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Paine
400
A place outside Philadelphia where Washington's army spent a harsh winter.
Valley Forge
400
The Declaration of Independence asserted that people had _____ that could not be taken away by any government.
Natural Rights
500
Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill considered a Patriot Victory?
The British lost twice as many troops as the Patriots.
500
One British principle of government valued by the American colonists was the...
No taxation without representation
500
A young representative from Virginia who wrote that only colonial representatives should be allowed to tax colonists.
Who is Patrick Henry
500
______ was the BRITISH general who lost many troops at the battle of Bunker Hill.
William Howe
500
The _____ was the agreement that ended the American Revolution and set boundaries for the new United States.
Treaty of Paris
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