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He was the commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
This law required an official stamp to placed on all paper documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
This was approved on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
The first battle of the American Revolution
What are Lexington and Concord?
100
The refusal to buy British goods was a common form of protest
What is a boycott?
200
He founded the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Sam Adams?
200
This document formally announced the colonies break from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
The Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor, protesting the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This was a tragic victory for the British. They took the hill but lost twice as many men as the Patriot.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
He wrote "Common Sense", a pamphlet arguing independence from Britain
Who is Thomas Paine?
300
This secret organization was created to protest the British taxes.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
300
They chose George Washington as commander of the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
These battles "saved" the American Revolution by raising morale and causing more to enlist.
What are the Battles of Trenton and Princeton?
300
This became the slogan or motto for Patriots against Britain.
What is "taxation without representation"?
400
He was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
Who is Lord Cornwallis?
400
This was the government of the colonies during the American Revolution.
What is the Continental Congress?
400
Britain raised taxes on the colonies to pay for this.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
This battle is the turning point of the American Revolution because it convinced France to help the Patriots.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
This made more people in the colonies want independence from Britain.
What is "Common Sense"?
500
He was nicknamed the Swamp Fox and led many guerilla attacks in South Carolina
Who is Francis Marion?
500
They were German mercenaries fighting for the British.
What are Hessians?
500
This officially recognized American independence from Britain.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
500
General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington, ending the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
The Declaration of Indepedence is based on this Enlightenment ideal by John Locke
What is the social contract theory of government?
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