Issues leading to the Revolution
Famous Battles
Important Documents and Meetings
Famous People
Odds and Ends
100
This is a refusal to buy certain products or use certain services as an act of protest.
What is a boycott?
100
This battle occured on June 17, 1775, when the British army attempted to drive the Rebels from the strategic high grounds. It was a British victory, but nearly 1,100 of 2,400 British soldiers were killed or wounded.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
100
This document was created to formally sever ties between the American colonies and Britain, and provided the reasons behind the separation.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
This term refers to a person who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution.
What is a Loyalist or Tory?
200
This party occured on the night of December 16, 1973, when colonists disguised as Indians boarded three tea ships in Boston and broke open every crate on board and dumped the tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
After this battle on October 19, 1781, General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
200
This meeting occured on September 5, 1774, when 56 delegates met in Philadelphia in order to plan a united response to the Intolerable Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?
200
This mas drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This term refers to foreign soldiers contracted by Britain during the American Revolution.
What are mercenaries?
300
This incident occured on March 5, 1770, when a small unruly crowd threatened a squad of British soldiers, who opened fire on the crowd leaving five colonists dead or dying in the snow.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
These battles occured on April 19, 1775, when the British marched from Boston to seize a major stockpile of weapons from the Massachusetts militia.
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
300
This treaty formally ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
He made a famous speech in order to gather support for the revolutionary cause in which he ended by saying, "Give me liberty or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
This term refers to the love of one's country.
What is patriotism?
400
This act placed a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and most other printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
400
This battle occured on Christmas night of 1776 when General Washington's army crossed the Delaware River and captured over 1,400 Hessian soldiers.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
400
This group governed the colonies during the American Revolution and commissioned the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
400
This person wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense" to persuade people to support a complete break with Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
This group was created to enforce the boycott of British goods and helped organize the Boston Tea Party.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
500
This order, by King George, closed the region west of the Appalachian Mountains to all settlement by colonists.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
500
This battle marked the turning point of the war, bringing a major foreign power to aid in the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
This petition expressed the colonists continued loyalty to the monarch and their desire for peace. It was refused by King George III in November of 1775.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
500
This person complained about the status of women in American society, and when the Revolution was occuring, she wanted women to be remembered.
Who is Abigail Adams?
500
This persons ideas were drawn upon heavily by Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. He believed that people have natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
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