Who is the person given credit for being the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
First battles in the Revolutionary War First battles in the Revolutionary War fought in April, 1775
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
100
Who was the group that dressed as Native Americans and threw tea into the Boston harbor?
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
100
What is a patriot?
People who wanted independence from Britain were called?
100
What is the year in which the Declaration of Independence
was signed?
What is 1776?
200
Who was the General of the British Army who surrendered at
Yorktown?
Who is Cornwallis?
200
What is the battle of Charleston, South Carolina?
April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln.
200
What were the first Acts imposed on the colonists?
1764 Britain begins to enforce the Navigation Act; Parliament passes the Sugar and Currency Acts
200
What is the name of the of the act that required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal?
What is the Stamp Act?
200
What is special bell that rang out on July 8, 1776 to proclaim
liberty?
What is the liberty bell?
300
Who was unanimously elected as commander-in-chief of the first Continental Army?
Who was George Washington?
300
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
After numerous battles, the turning point in the war came in 1777 at this battle in upstate New York. When American forces won, their victory encouraged France to pledge its support for the United States in the Franco-American Alliance of 1778?
300
Parliament had passed a major act in 1651 to prevent other European powers (especially the Dutch) from encroaching on British colonial territories; the act required colonists to export certain key goods, such as tobacco, only to Britain.
What were the Navigation Acts?
300
What is Mercantilism?
theories that taught that money was power: the more money a nation had in its reserves, the more powerful it was. Britain and other European powers, including France and Spain sought new colonies in the Americas.?
300
What is the Continental Army?
What was the army that was made up of mostly farmers, merchants, and mercenaries?
400
Who is Thomas Paine?
Who was the author of Common Sense, the pamphlet that inspired the colonists to challenge British authority?
400
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Americans seized a large encampment of British forces under Lord Charles Cornwallis at this battle. Scattered battles persisted until 1783, but the British, weary of the stalemate, decided to negotiate peace.
400
What is the Declaratory Act?
After this act was passed by Britain, colonial resistance to the ACrown intensified and became quite violent.
400
What were the Quartering Acts?
Parliament passed this act, which required residents of some colonies to feed and house British soldiers serving in America. These acts outraged colonists, who believed the taxes and regulations were unfair.
400
Benedict Arnold
What was the name of the American traitor who had British troops under his command?
500
Who were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson?
Three people who helped draft the Declaration of
Independence?
500
What is the Battle of Concord?
The “shot heard round the world”—or the first shot of many that defeated the British troops at this battle—sent a ripple throughout the colonies,
500
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
Delegates from nine colonies met in New York at this event, where they drafted a plea to King George III and Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act.
500
What is "Taxation without Representation?"
This slogan was symbolic and voiced the colonists’ distaste for paying taxes they hadn’t themselves legislated.
500
Who is King George III?
King of Great Britain throughout much of the colonial period;